expression:

• a wise retainer chooses a great lord to serve; a wise bird chooses a good tree in which to roost [literal] - proverb

noun:

• novel of formation (education); novel of character development; novel which traces the intellectual, moral, spiritual or social development of a young person; Bildungsroman - four character idiom

expression:

• cannot live even a minute without someone or something; meaning the world to one

noun:

• Urotrichus; genus containing the Japanese shrew mole

noun:

• house arrest; being placed in confinement at home - four character idiom

noun:

• homeless; family in mourning

noun:

• stepping outside to cool down; cooling down outside the gate - archaism

adverb / noun:

• annually; every year; year in year out; from year to year - four character idiom

noun:

• Musca (constellation); the Fly - Astronomy term

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• as if; the very thing itself

expression / noun:

• demonym; name used to refer to the residents of a country, region, etc.

noun:

• 'ra'-removed; the practice of skipping the 'ra' from the 'rareru' verb conjugation - abbreviation ➜ ら抜き言葉

noun:

• triple run; winning hand containing the same chow in each of the three suits - Mahjong term

noun:

• setting moon; moon setting in the West

noun:

• weedy seadragon (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus); common seadragon

noun:

• Kyouhou Reforms; economic reforms introduced in 1736

noun:

• lower seat; seat at bottom of the table

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to turn right; to turn to the right

noun:

• Aves; class of vertebrates comprising the birds

adverb:

• before long; in a few days

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to hold fast to one's ways; to be overly conservative; to not get with the times; to guard the tree stub [literal] - from a fable appearing in the Han Feizi - idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• change again and again; seesaw back and forth; being in a state of flux; backtracking repeatedly - four character idiom

noun:

• Diet members caucus; caucus of the Diet

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to make a cutting remark; to stab someone with a short blade [literal] - idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be captivated by ...; to be fascinated with ...