noun:

• Yamataikoku; historical Japanese state thought to have existed during the late Yayoi period

noun:

• one house; the same house
• detached house

noun:

• animal trapping; hunting with traps

noun:

• Rodentia; order comprising the rodents

expression:

• good wine makes good blood; sake is the best of all medicines - proverb

proper noun:

• Hyottoko; comical male character with puckered, skewed mouth ➜ お亀

noun:

• clown; ugly mug; ugly guy

noun:

• dragon boat (long 22-person canoe used for racing); races with such boats - From Chinese

noun / ~する noun:

• pickling; soaking a metal in an acidic solution to remove impurities

noun:

• tall building; the cabinet

expression / ichidan verb:

• to pass on an order; to pass the word

expression:

• meanwhile; in the meantime ➜ 話変わって【はなしかわって】

noun / adjectival noun:

• dauntless and decisive; with fortitude and resolution - four character idiom

expression:

• this side; in the forefront

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• all nature being bleak and desolate; scene looking desolate and forlorn as far as the eye can see - four character idiom

noun:

• soldier dispatched by a god; soldier under the protection of the gods

expression:

• Look for a big tree when you want shelter; Serve the powerful for your own good

noun:

• Paris Fashion Week; major fashion show, held twice yearly in Paris - from Paris Collection

noun:

• America (land mass); the Americas

expression / godan ~ぬ verb:

• to die a natural death; to die in one's own bed - sensitive

adverb / ~する noun:

• vexed; irritated; fretful; in ill humour; in ill humor; in a temper - onomatopoeia
• shaggy; bushy; ragged; rugged - onomatopoeia

noun / ~する noun:

• crouching; formal crouch performed at the beginning of a sumo or kendo match - Sumo, Martial Arts term

noun:

• feeling (looking) lone and helpless; helplessness of those in reduced circumstances - four character idiom

noun:

• banishment (to a nearby province); the least severe of the three banishment punishments under the ritsuryo system

noun:

• taming; the taming of ➜ 飼いならす

noun:

• provisional club enrolment (school, etc.); trial period in a club