expression / ichidan verb:

• to make lively; to become animated; to have fun talking about something ➜ 話に花を咲かせる
• to become successful and well known

expression:

• it's hard to please everybody; damned if you do and damned if you don't - proverb

noun:

• morganatic marriage (marriage of a noble and a commoner that disallows the passage of title, possessions, etc.)

godan ~る verb:

• to walk about; to walk to and fro; to pace around

noun / ~する noun:

• lying down and getting up
• waking; getting up
• living (with); staying (with)

noun / ~する noun:

• separate areas for smokers and non-smokers
• separating smoking from non-smoking

noun:

• pork miso soup; miso soup with pork and vegetables

expression:

• time waits for no-one; time and tide stay for no man - proverb

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to talk on and on; to talk one's head off

expression / noun:

• something-something (e.g. platitudes, waffling); yada yada; so-and-so

adverb / ~する noun:

• bright and clear (weather, sky, etc.); perfectly (fine weather) - onomatopoeia
• nicely dry (laundry, air, etc.); crisply (fried, cooked, etc.) - onomatopoeia
• frankly; open-heartedly - onomatopoeia

noun / ~する noun:

• coming down from one's seat and prostrating oneself (to pay obeisance)

noun:

• musicians' box on the left side of the stage
• lower seat ➜ 下座【しもざ】

~の noun:

• half made (e.g. clothes that are already cut and basted when purchased)

noun:

• the three realms of existence - Buddhism term ➜ 欲界・色界・無色界
• the whole universe (of a billion worlds) that Buddha enlightened - abbreviation - Buddhism term ➜ 三千大千世界
• past, present and future existences - Buddhism term ➜ 三世【さんぜ】

suffix:

• far-off ...; distant ...

adverb:

• sound of a flat surface repeatedly making contact with something - onomatopoeia
• applying a seal or stamp again and again; pasting (paper) all over - onomatopoeia
• daubing; smearing - onomatopoeia

expression:

• those who resort to blandishments and fawning smiles are apt to lack compassion; a honeyed tongue with a heart of gall - archaism ➜ 巧言令色

noun:

• complete emptiness (i.e. as a denial of the inherent existence of all things); nirvana (where this emptiness is realized) - Buddhism term

adjectival noun / noun:

• quiet and lonely - archaism

noun:

• car train; train carrying both passengers and vehicles

noun:

• iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards

expression:

• Repeated reading (makes the meaning clear); Reading something again and again (will lead one to realize its meaning) - four character idiom

noun:

• person who likes alcohol and sweets equally well - four character idiom
• person who can drink much alcohol without becoming tipsy

noun:

• sexual position where the man lies flat on his back and the woman sits on top; cowgirl position - vulgar

suffix:

• -ness (nominalizing suffix, esp. of sensory or subjective adjectives) - also written with the ateji 味 ➜ 甘み
• nominalizing suffix indicating location ➜ 深み
• (as ...mi ...mi) alternating between ... and ... ➜ 降りみ降らずみ

noun:

• the three main Shinto gods: Amaterasu Omikami, Tsukuyomi no Mikoto and Susano-o no Mikoto; three precious children ➜ 三柱の神

noun:

• vessel for replenishing inkstone water ➜ 水滴【すいてき】
• container of fresh water for replenishing the kettle and rinsing bowls (tea ceremony)