noun / ~する noun:

• being deliberate in council, and decisive in action - four character idiom

noun:

• Tang lunar calendar, used for 823 years in Japan

noun:

• aural highlight of a noh play in which the main actor remains seated ➜ 曲【くせ】・仕手

noun:

• geisha from the Fukagawa red-light district in Edo - archaism

expression / adverb:

• in the meantime; meanwhile ➜ 然う斯う【そうこう】・そうこうしている内に【そうこうしているうちに】

noun:

• title of a thread in email, news, etc. - From English "thread title"

adjectival noun / noun:

• in high spirits

noun / ~の noun:

• extinction in the wild

noun:

• stationed in Italy

noun / ~する noun:

• starring in one's own play, movie, etc.; directing one's own play, etc.

expression:

• fools rush in where angels fear to tread; the blind don't fear snakes [literal] - sensitive - proverb

noun:

• bumpy tiles set in public areas to mark the path for the blind

noun:

• young person who stays in their (non-metropolitan) hometown after graduation, drives a car, etc. (unlike the majority who moves to a larger city and commutes by train) ➜ ヤンキー

noun:

• caterer in a red-light district - archaism

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to get in someone's pocket; to help oneself to someone's wallet
• to curry favour (favor); to butter up; to make up to; to gain someone's trust
• to get in close to one's opponent - Martial Arts, Sumo term

noun:

• soldiers garrisoned at strategic posts in Kyushu in ancient times
• Chinese soldiers stationed to protect remote regions of the country during the Tang dynasty ［ぼうじん］

noun:

• dial-in service - IT term

noun:

• superiority in number; numerical superiority

noun:

• polite word in letter to friend

noun:

• children's game in which (at least three) people stand back to back to each other and shove vigorously backwards - abbreviation ➜ 押し競べ

noun:

• castle on a hill in the plains; flatland-mountain castle ➜ 平城【ひらじろ】・山城【やまじろ】

noun:

• being deeply in debt; being up to one's ears in debt

noun:

• corporate in-service training

godan ~う verb:

• to crowd together in a confined space; to gather and make a commotion

noun:

• fleeing in all directions; (in Japanese history, a reference to) farmers who abandoned their fields and fled to the cities or other districts to evade onerous taxes