noun:

• finger Braille; system of communicating with the deaf-blind in which the receiver's fingers are tapped like a Braille typewriter ➜ 点字【てんじ】

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (in) - usu. 勤める
• to serve (as); to act (as); to fill (the position of); to play the role (of) - usu. 務める
• to conduct a religious service - usu. 勤める

noun:

• child (esp. a boy)
• viscount ➜ 子爵
• master (founder of a school of thought, esp. Confucius) - honorific language
• philosophy (branch of Chinese literature); non-Confucian Hundred Schools of Thought writings ➜ 諸子百家
• you (of one's equals) - archaism

suffix noun:

• -er (i.e. a man who spends all his time doing...)

noun:

• room or pavilion of residence for the master of the house (Heian period palatial-style architecture) ➜ 寝殿造
• room where the emperor usually lives in the imperial palace

noun:

• the same room; sharing a room; sharers of a room

adverbial noun:

• one turn; one round
• (a) size

~する noun:

• to go around; to make a circuit; to take a turn

adverbial noun:

• twelve years; one cycle of the Chinese zodiac

noun:

• conveyance of the opinions of the lower classes to the powers that be - four character idiom

noun:

• the Revelation of St. John the Divine (book of the Bible) ➜ 黙示録

expression:

• out of touch with the voters; indifferent to the concerns of the people

noun:

• night of the 15th day of the first month in the lunar calendar

noun:

• night of the 15th day of the first month in the lunar calendar ➜ 元宵

expression:

• rise of the dragon (bringing rain around the time of the spring equinox)

expression:

• the future is unpredictable; unscrutable are the ways of heaven; the irony of fate - proverb ➜ 人間万事塞翁が馬

noun:

• all of creation following their original natures, living and enjoying themselves freely; the kites fly and the fish leap [literal] - four character idiom - obscure term
• Heaven's will that all of creation shall follow their original natures and live freely - four character idiom - obscure term
• as a ruler's benevolence spreads, the people will find their places in the land based on their abilities - four character idiom - obscure term

noun:

• rokurokubi; long-neck woman; monstrous person (often a woman) with a neck that can expand and contract (in Japanese folklore)

noun:

• rokurokubi; long-neck woman; monstrous person (often a woman) with a neck that can expand and contract (in Japanese folklore) ➜ 轆轤首

noun:

• on the brink of collapse; in a state of near-collapse - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to demand gratitude; to make a favour of something; to remind of a favour done to someone; to emphasize the favour one has done ➜ 恩に掛ける

expression / ichidan verb:

• to demand gratitude; to make a favour of something; to remind of a favour done to someone; to emphasize the favour one has done ➜ 恩に着せる

noun:

• fleeting life; this transient world; floating world
• sad world; world of grief and worry - esp. 憂き世
• the world of the living; this life; this world; the present world
• (the world of the) red light districts

noun:

• toes; tips of the toes; toe of a shoe, sock, etc.

noun:

• nature of the locality; character of a place; local colour; local color

noun:

• daybreak; dawn; gray of the morning (grey)
• dawn (of a new age)

noun:

• book containing a collection of poems
• Psalms (book of the Bible)

noun:

• beautiful dew; comparing the beauty of dew to that of a flower