noun / ~する noun:

• mixing and matching (clothes, accessories, etc.); wearing of an item of clothing in many different combinations

noun:

• calligraphy technique of holding the brush perpendicularly, lower arm raised, and elbow held away from the body ➜ 直筆【ちょくひつ】・懸腕

noun:

• way of holding a calligraphy brush, with elbow away from the body and arm in the air ➜ 懸腕直筆【けんわんちょくひつ】

noun:

• way to hit (e.g. ball); way to swing (e.g. club)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to wear one's hair up; to arrange one's hair

expression / godan ~う verb (spec.):

• to call one's ability into question; to weigh one's ability

expression / ichidan verb:

• to give one's life; to lay down one's life

ichidan verb:

• to be (too) late getting married ➜ 嫁に行き遅れる
• to be (too) late going somewhere

expression / ichidan verb:

• to sting one's eyes; to make one's eyes smart

noun:

• mandate (e.g. to use resources); lease (e.g. to use facilities)

expression:

• one has no other choice but to do what one has to do ➜ っきゃ

expression / ichidan verb:

• to think something is delicious; to think something is scrumptious

noun:

• bath heated directly from beneath, with a floating wooden lid on which the bather sits causing it to sink (named after the robber Goemon Ishikawa, who was boiled to death in one)

expression:

• fallen blossom doesn't return to the branch, a broken mirror can not be made to shine; what's done is done; there's no use crying over spilled milk - proverb

noun:

• flower arrangement in a built-up style
• placing salt by the entrance to one's establishment to bring good luck; such piles of salt ［もりばな］ ➜ 盛り塩
• seasonal peak of flowers ［せいか］

particle:

• used to create a form of question indicating that the speaker actually believes the opposite is true; emphasizes a determination not to do something, e.g. "Like hell I will!" - male language

noun:

• someone unable to fulfil their shopping needs (esp. in areas of depopulation or due to lack of transport); people who have been cut off from the retail sector; shopping refugee [literal]

expression:

• a wise man is he who listens to counsel; a worry shared is a worry halved - proverb
• I've got something to ask you

noun:

• formality; social rules
• social status; social standing
• amendments and enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo) - usu. きゃくしき - archaism ➜ 律令

noun:

• the Avici hell, the eighth and most painful of the eight hells in Buddhism - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• with an open and calm mind; without reserve; with utmost candor; with no preconceived notions - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• de facto marriage; common-law marriage; living together as husband and wife without formal marriage - four character idiom

noun:

• lower leg bone (esp. the tibia and the fibula, but sometimes also including the patella)

noun:

• great treasure
• Taihō era (701.3.21-704.5.10); Daihō era
• great treasure (used to refer to bodhisattvas, esoteric teachings, etc.) - obscure term - Buddhism term
• homa-mandala (fire altar) - obscure term - Buddhism term ➜ 護摩壇

noun:

• taking a day off by paying one's own fee to one's master (of a prostitute; often in order to see her lover)