noun:

• losing the means of livelihood
• a samurai's annual rice stipend being suspended - archaism
• (in fishing) the fish swimming upward after biting the fishhook

noun:

• Japanese traditional architectural structure, where the building has its main entrance on the side which runs parallel to the roof's ridge ➜ 妻入り

noun:

• upstage right pillar (on a noh stage), where the main actor stands at the start and end of the play ➜ 仕手

noun / ~する noun:

• the end of the match; the end of the game

noun:

• imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era
• patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation

adverb / noun:

• the deepest bottom of the earth; never; not ... at all; on no account; for all the world; till doomsday

noun:

• hairstyle introduced in the Meiji era consisting in a bun or chignon tied at the back of the head

noun / ~の noun:

• pons (pontes); pons Varolii; pontine; part of the brain stem (links the medulla oblongata and cerebellum with the midbrain)

noun:

• small, thin fabric belt worn over the kimono and under the obi in order to protect the fabric

noun:

• part of a kanji for which the role is primarily to represent the meaning (as opposed to the pronunciation) ➜ 音符

expression:

• if a man hears the Way in the morning, he may die in the evening without regret - from a quote by Confucius - proverb

adverbial noun / temporal noun / ~の noun:

• whole life; a lifetime; all through life; one existence; a generation; an age; the whole world; the era

~の noun:

• (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life

adverb:

• anywhere; for all time; to the ends of the earth
• through thick and thin; come hell or high water; to the bitter end; to the utmost
• persistently; stubbornly
• in all respects; on every point
• thoroughly; exhaustively

noun:

• sumo management stock; one of the 105 titled trusteeships in the Japan Sumo Association; tradable share that entitles the holder to take part in the management of sumo - Sumo term

adjectival noun / adverbial noun / noun:

• one cup after another; cup by cup - four character idiom
• to the limit; to the fullest extent; absolutely the limit; the best one can do; breaking even - usually written using kana alone

expression / ichidan verb:

• to signal the winner of a match (by the referee raising his fan towards the winner) - Sumo term
• to declare someone the winner (of a competition)

noun:

• well curb; well kerb
• family crest design based on a square wooden well curb

expression:

• don't put the trivial ahead of the important; don't sweat the small stuff; don't bother with the details (before embarking on a great enterprise) - proverb
• read the fine print; be careful of the small things (before embarking on a great enterprise) - proverb

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to mourn for; to condole with (family, etc.)
• to hold a memorial service (for)

noun:

• service with a samurai family; serving in a samurai household (as a valet, chambermaid, etc.) - four character idiom

noun:

• sac spider (any spider of family Clubionidae)
• Atypus karschi (Asian species of mygalomorph spider) ➜ 地蜘蛛

noun / ~する noun:

• failure (in an examination); failing to advance (to the next year) Antonym: 及第
• falling short of the standard; not making the grade

noun:

• address to the gods; type of song which spread from mountain hermits to the laity during the Kamakura era

noun / ~する noun:

• varsika (meditation retreat; usu. for 90 days starting on the 15th day of the 4th month of the lunisolar calendar) - Buddhism term

noun:

• Otenmon conspiracy (political incident in 866CE centered around the destruction by fire of the main gate of the imperial palace) - archaism