noun:

• Chinese "Extended Net" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - archaism - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿・朱雀【すざく】

suffix / counter:

• counter for objects with stretched strings (i.e. bows, kotos), curtains, papers, etc.

noun / suffix noun:

• special Nara-period administrative division for areas containing a detached palace (Yoshino and Izumi) - archaism

noun:

• secretary; third highest-ranking officials in the Dazaifu - archaism ➜ 大宰府

noun:

• cylindrical candy made so that Kintaro's face appears wherever it is sliced ➜ 金太郎・金太郎

adjectival noun:

• inflexibly uniform; all the same; stamped out like cookies

noun:

• street performance in which the performer transforms a specially-made bamboo screen into various shapes while chanting an accompanying poem ➜ 南京【ナンキン】・簾【すだれ】

noun:

• ball; sphere; globe; orb
• bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; droplet
• ball (in sports) - esp. 球
• pile (of noodles, etc.)
• bullet - esp. 弾; also written as 弾丸
• bulb (i.e. a light bulb) - esp. 球
• lens (of glasses, etc.)
• bead (of an abacus) - esp. 玉,珠
• ball (i.e. a testicle) - esp. 玉 - slang - abbreviation ➜ 金玉【きんたま】
• gem; jewel (esp. spherical; sometimes used figuratively); pearl - esp. 玉,珠; also written as 璧
• female entertainer (e.g. a geisha)
• person (when commenting on their nature); character - derogatory term
• item, funds or person used as part of a plot

noun / suffix noun:

• egg ➜ 玉子

suffix noun:

• coin - usu. だま
• precious; beautiful; excellent

noun:

• business conditions; the market; economic activity; economic climate
• good (economic) times; prosperity; boom ➜ 好景気
• liveliness; energy; vigour; vigor; spirit

~の noun / temporal noun:

• current; urgent; pressing; impending

~する noun:

• to confront (an issue); to face (up to something)

adverb:

• for the meantime; at present

adverb:

• completely; absolutely; totally ➜ 一向に
• (not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least - in a negative sentence
• earnestly; intently; determinedly

noun:

• Jōdo Shinshū - abbreviation ➜ 一向宗

noun:

• sliding feet; shuffling (one's feet)
• moving legs forward with feet never leaving the ground (exercise) - Sumo term

expression:

• man proposes, God disposes; man does what man can do then awaits the verdict of heaven (or fate) [literal] - proverb

expression:

• half a loaf is better than none; even a dead tree adds to the interest of a mountain [literal] - proverb

noun:

• pent roof built atop the stairs of a shrine or a building in a classic aristocratic villa ➜ 寝殿造り・向拝

expression / adjective:

• feeling out of place; feeling that one doesn't belong; feeling at a loss in the situation ➜ 身の置き所がない【みのおきどころがない】

expression:

• kome hyappyo; (ideal of) enduring pain today for the sake of a better tomorrow; hundred sacks of rice [literal] - idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be (practically) deserted; to have no visitors; to set a sparrow net in front of the gate [literal] - idiom ➜ 門前雀羅【もんぜんじゃくら】

noun:

• wife; Mrs; madam ［ふじん・はしかし］ - honorific language
• wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.) ［ふじん］ - archaism
• consort of the emperor ［ふじん・ぶにん］ - archaism

noun / ~する noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• parallelism; running parallel (to, with)

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with ➜ 並行

noun:

• old shop; shop of long standing

~の noun:

• well-established; first of the kind; veteran

noun:

• first rank in the senior class (in martial arts, go, etc.); lowest rank; one dan

expression / adjective:

• easy; trifling; harmless; of no concern; nothing
• nothing of the sort; not at all - in the form of ~でもなんでもない ➜ ではない

noun / ~の noun:

• eared seal (esp. the California sea lion, Zalophus californianus); sea lion ➜ 海豹

noun / ~する noun:

• the flight formation of geese; lining up shoulder to shoulder like flying geese; leading out

noun / ~する noun:

• following one's master into the grave; committing suicide after one's lord has died

noun:

• express home delivery (by the Kuroneko Yamato company); door-to-door parcel delivery; courier service ➜ 宅配便

noun / ~する noun:

• erection when waking in the morning; nocturnal penile tumescence; morning glory; morning wood
• early morning departure