expression / godan ~す verb:

• to overrule a decision

noun:

• short pillar set on a beam to support a ridgepole ➜ うだつが上がらない

noun:

• painting with the body of a brush's bristles (to create a thicker line than possible with the tip) ➜ 直筆【ちょくひつ】

noun:

• summit of a peak - obscure term

noun:

• child's seat which attaches to a table for eating - From English "table chair"

noun:

• right of exclusive possession

adverb:

• a very short while ago; very early (e.g. in the morning)

noun / ~する noun:

• having a meal; eating something

noun:

• ceremony of installing a Crown Prince

noun:

• sake that has been kept in a wooden cask; cask sake; barreled sake

noun:

• the right to tenant farm in perpetuity

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to go up a tower; to climb a tower ➜ 登楼

noun:

• high priest of a great shrine

noun:

• subordinate of a hired thief-taker (Edo period) - archaism ➜ 岡っ引き

noun:

• treating a metal surface to make it look worn and aged; antique finish

noun:

• Hiroshima-type A-bomb

noun:

• cloth tie-dyed with a scarlet red dappled pattern ➜ 鹿の子

expression:

• right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...

noun:

• a sweet voice

noun:

• appointed official sent to administer a certain region (in the Ryukyu Kingdom)

noun:

• shrine ritual held with the first two months of the year to forecast (or pray for) a successful harvest
• seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• extending over a number of years - obscure term

noun:

• veins of a leaf

noun:

• month of a person's death

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 ➜ 下手な鉄砲も数撃ちゃ当たる