noun:

• kun (in Chinese mythology, giant fish said to be able to turn into a bird) - archaism ➜ 鵬

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to learn a lesson (usu. from an unpleasant experience); to be good for someone

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to let your hair down; to have fun after a period of work or stress

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to open one's eyes wide (in anger, surprise, etc.); to goggle at

noun:

• puppy; whelp
• magic word said to comfort a frightened child and put him to sleep

noun / ~する noun:

• dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip
• going the long way round; making a detour

noun:

• whole family; all (members of) the family
• all over the house
• retainer of a daimyo; feudal domain; clan ［かちゅう］

noun:

• hold in which both wrestlers obtain an underarm grip with the left hand and an over-arm grip with the right - Sumo term

expression:

• no one knows what the future holds; the future is a closed book; one sun (unit of measurement) ahead is darkness [literal] - proverb

noun:

• Onokoro Island (in Japanese mythology, the island formed by drops of water falling from the heavenly jeweled spear); Onogoro Island - archaism ➜ 天の瓊矛
• Japan

expression / ichidan verb:

• to constrict one's chest; to wring one's heart; to wrench one's heart

expression:

• if you do a favor for somebody, you will get a return favor; if a fish is friendly toward water, water will be kind to the fish too [literal]; mutual back-scratching - proverb

expression:

• sacrifice something small in order to save something great; lose a leg to save one's life; to let a large bug live and kill a small one [literal] - proverb

noun:

• classical form of i-adjective inflection formed by contraction of the "ku" adverbial form with the classical verb "ari" ("aru")

noun:

• room behind the curtain of a noh stage, where the actors prepare; greenroom (noh); mirror room [literal]
• hall of mirrors (at Versailles)

expression:

• even the unskilled can succeed by a fluke given enough tries; even a poor marksman will hit the target with enough shots [literal] - proverb ➜ 下手な鉄砲も数撃てば当たる

noun:

• reed warbler (esp. the great reed warbler, but also the black-browed reed warbler) ➜ 小葦切・大葦切

noun:

• reed warbler (esp. the great reed warbler, but also the black-browed reed warbler) - obscure term ➜ 葦切

noun:

• love call; calling out to someone with love or good will
• phone call to a loved one
• fervent request; heartfelt appeal; passionate call to action

noun:

• the skin (of a human being)
• warmth of the skin; body warmth

expression:

• very early in the morning; so early in the morning; at this ungodly hour

noun:

• night jessamine (Cestrum nocturnum); night jasmine; lady of the night; queen of the night

noun / ~する noun:

• ear clearing; clearing the ears; equalizing pressure in the ears with external pressure

noun:

• just law
• proper method
• the true teachings of Buddha; Period of the True Law - Buddhism term

noun:

• fruit grown near the tip of the vine (hence stunted and unripe) ➜ 本生り
• weak-looking fellow; pale-faced man; pasty-faced man; pallid man