noun:

• act (of a Chinese drama); scene
• paragraph (esp. of an Edo-period novel); passage; section

noun:

• favourable position (esp. in horse racing, e.g. in 3rd to 5th place during a race) - abbreviation ➜ 好位置

expression:

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

noun:

• chatting without a break; talking without pause
• amusing two-person dialogue (form of stand-up comedy) ➜ しゃべくり漫才

expression / noun:

• person of strong constitution unexpectedly falling ill; sickness of a stout man; the devil getting sunstroke [literal]

expression:

• wasting one's breath (trying to explain something); (reading) the Analects of Confucius to a dog [literal] - idiom

expression / adverbial noun:

• to a great extent; incredibly (tasty, much, etc.); (money) to burn; rolling in (cash)

noun:

• pinky swear; pinky promise; making a pledge by hooking each other's little fingers ➜ 指切拳万、嘘ついたら針千本呑ます【ゆびきりげんまんうそついたらはりせんぼんのます】・指切り

noun / ~する noun:

• document screening; paper screening; narrowing down a field of applicants based on resumes, written applications, etc.

noun:

• points paid and received at the end of a game of mahjong based on position (rank) - Mahjong term

expression:

• unable to take one's eyes off of something; having to keep a watchful eye on

interjection:

• oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.

expression:

• hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• town built within the semi-fortified compounds of a temple (during the Warring States period)

expression:

• no matter how lovingly raised, a foster child is not actually one's biological child - proverb - obscure term

expression:

• faith is mysterious; through faith, even something trivial (like a pilchard's head) seems valuable - proverb

noun:

• exemption (from a regulation, etc. usu. because of small scale)
• cut-off cuffs (trousers, etc.)

noun:

• man (esp. one who is well-respected)
• samurai ➜ 侍

suffix noun:

• person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving a park, garden, zoo, etc.
• leaving kindergarten (e.g. end of day, on completion, expulsion)

noun:

• item with a long slender neck (e.g. vase, bottle)
• long-necked person

noun:

• observing and reviewing the effects of a drug after it has been released onto the market

noun:

• Blue Sky with a White Sun; party flag and emblem of the Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party)

expression / adjective:

• not a moment to waste; there is no time to lose; cannot wait any longer

noun:

• writing from top to bottom
• writing without a pause
• translation of classical Chinese into Japanese - abbreviation ➜ 書き下し文

noun:

• side street (often parallel to a main street); back street; alley

noun / ~する noun:

• house for rent; rented house; renting a house