expression:

• catch up with and overtake; pass after catching up with

noun / ~する noun:

• seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be experienced in the ways of the world; to taste the bitter and the sweet

noun:

• imperial event at which high monks recited the Golden Light Sutra to pray for national security and good harvests (held annually at the palace from the 8th to the 14th of the first lunar month, between the Nara and Muromachi periods) ➜ 金光明最勝王経

adjectival noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb / noun / ~の noun:

• clearly evident; quite obvious; as clear as day; beyond any doubt; strikingly apparent - four character idiom

noun:

• chocolate given by a boy to a girl on Valentine's day - obscure term

noun:

• part of the feet from the ankles to the tips of the toes

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by

noun:

• dying wish; wish by dying person to be carried out after their death

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make a leap into the dark; to take the plunge; to jump in at the deep end; to jump off the stage of the Kiyomizu temple [literal] - idiom

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to follow; to shadow; to hanker after; to hover around

noun:

• after-dinner speech; speech made at a dinner (luncheon) - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to care for someone; to look after someone

pre-noun adjectival:

• that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the ➜ 何の【どの】・此の・其れ・彼の

interjection:

• um...; er...; uh...

noun:

• post-fire visit to express sympathy; expressing one's sympathy after a fire - four character idiom

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to fail to die (e.g. after suicide attempt or accident); to survive; to outlive

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)

suffix:

• indicates storeys, structures, or materials used in a building
• indicates denomination (after a currency)

noun:

• location where a magical being resides
• cursed place where disaster after disaster occurs

noun:

• hired foreigner; foreign advisor hired by the Japanese government for their specialized knowledge to assist in the modernization of Japan at the end of the Bakufu and during the Meiji Era

expression:

• the beauties of nature as the key poetic theme; the central theme in composing poetry (haiku) must be the beauties of nature and the harmony that exist between nature and man. (The slogan of the Hototogisu School of modern Japanese haiku) - four character idiom ➜ 花鳥風月

noun:

• banishment (to a location far from the capital); the harshest of the three banishment punishments under the ritsuryo system

expression:

• the husband is always the last to know; everyone knows of the wife's infidelity but the cuckolded husband - idiom

noun:

• stairs at the front of a noh stage, which go over the white gravel separating the audience from the stage ➜ 白洲

expression:

• the end of the world; the world is beyond saving; there's no hope for the future; this degenerate age