expression:

• making something strong even stronger; solidifying something's chances; giving a metal rod to an ogre [literal] - idiom

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• keeping calm and collected at times of disappoinment; maintaining a serene state of mind in adversity - archaism - four character idiom

noun:

• dripping liquid (soup, sauce, etc.) from the tips of one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette)

noun:

• round coin with a (square) hole in the center - colloquialism
• coin made of non-precious materials
• money

noun:

• coin (esp. an east Asian coin, many of which have a hole in the center)

noun:

• weaverbird; weaver (any of a number of birds in family Ploceidae that weave elaborate nests)

noun:

• school centred on preparing students to get into university ➜ 進学
• high-level school a person has entered

noun / ~の noun:

• one's circumstances or condition, esp. compared to that of another ➜ ばつが悪い
• coherence (e.g. of a conversation)

noun:

• form of ancient Chinese entertainment similar to a circus (brought to Japan during the Nara period) ➜ 猿楽

noun:

• switch (long, tender shoot of a plant) - archaism
• switch (cane used for flogging) ➜ 笞【しもと】

noun:

• river in which worshippers wash their hands (and rinse their mouth) prior to entering a shrine

noun:

• copy holder; stand for holding papers during typing, etc. - IT term
• glass part of a scanner, copier, etc. - IT term

noun / ~する noun:

• being moved forcibly, e.g. being carted to a police station, transportation for forced labour, etc.

prefix:

• great; grand; large - archaism
• greater (of equal court ranks); upper; senior - also written as 正 ➜ 従【ひろき】

noun / adjectival noun:

• a great deal; very much ➜ 大きに

expression:

• large; heavy; massed; quite a lot; large amount; sizable (e.g. sum) ➜ 纏まる
• definite; coherent; congruous; unitary

noun:

• conductorless bus (i.e. having only a driver); conductorless train - From English "one-man car"

noun:

• haggis (traditional Scottish dish made from a sheep's offal cooked in the animal's stomach)

noun:

• Alan Smithee (pseudonym used by film directors who wish to disown a project); Allen Smithee

noun:

• six o'clock
• six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night) ［六時］ - Buddhism term ➜ 晨朝・日中・日没・初夜・中夜・後夜

noun:

• northern side house (to the rear of a main residence; often home to one's wife) ➜ 対の屋

noun:

• stone sauna; facility where one rests on towels laid on a slab of heated natural rock ➜ 岩盤浴

noun:

• act (of a Chinese drama); scene
• paragraph (esp. of an Edo-period novel); passage; section

noun:

• fully raising the curtain when an actor enters or exits (noh)
• curtain with a family crest

noun:

• favourable position (esp. in horse racing, e.g. in 3rd to 5th place during a race) - abbreviation ➜ 好位置

expression:

• Look for a big tree when you want shelter; Serve the powerful for your own good