expression:

• rejecting the advances of women is a man's shame; shameful is he who spurns a woman's invitation; not eating the meal set before him is a man's shame [literal] - proverb ➜ 据え膳【すえぜん】

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different - sometimes derogatory ➜ 変わる【かわる】

adjectival noun / noun:

• upper part

noun:

• upper stream; upper course of a river ［かみて］
• right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV) ［かみて］

adjectival noun / noun:

• skillful (only in comparisons); dexterity (only in comparisons) ［うわて］

noun:

• over-arm grip on opponent's belt ［うわて］ - Sumo term

noun:

• articles disposed of or sold off by the government

noun:

• the Seven Misfortunes - Buddhism term
• great number of faults or defects

noun:

• money to cover the cost of preparations or arrangements

noun:

• cleaning dirt or sand out of the digestive system

noun / adjectival noun:

• varying the tempo or speed (of something) at will - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to become the subject of rumours or conversations

noun:

• day of the ox (esp. in midsummer or midwinter) ➜ 土用の丑の日

noun:

• distance of eight sun (approx. 24 cm)
• dish or tray of this size (esp. used in kaiseki cuisine to serve several kinds of delicacies); food served in such a dish
• var. of thick, traditional Japanese paper

noun:

• lead tree (lead or zinc in a solution of acetate of lead)

noun:

• west wind in the early spring (traditionally on the night of the 20th day of the second month of the lunar calendar); wind that blows seashells ashore [literal]

noun:

• the start of a climb up a hill

noun:

• master; head of household; man of the house; principal supporter of a temple

expression:

• A single seed can eventually produce a great harvest; Even the smallest beginning can generate a greatest profit; Watch the pennies, and the pounds will look after themselves - four character idiom

noun:

• water offered to God; water drunk before an altar to symbolize the making of a vow
• miracle-working water
• water which gathers in the nodes of bamboo after falling as rain at noon on the 5th day of the 5th month (lunar calendar), thought to be effective when used in medicines

noun:

• foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base

noun / ~する noun:

• (playing) a game of go, shogi or chess, etc.

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• first year; early years (of a reign or era)

noun / ~する noun:

• naming (esp. of a commercial product or company); branding

noun:

• theism; belief in existence of a god or gods

noun:

• lipped bowl
• one side of a story or argument

noun:

• head family; main branch of a school or religion

noun:

• study or science of literature; a liberal arts department