noun:

• (in China) 10th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. B) ➜ 十二律・盤渉
• eighth month of the lunar calendar

noun:

• top component of the kanji "thread" radical - the component 幺 as in the left of 幻

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to draw on one's experience; to make good use of one's experience; to turn one's experience to good account

noun:

• blackening the face

noun / ~する noun:

• praying for the coming of a deity
• ceremonial transfer of a divided tutelary deity to a new location ➜ 分霊

godan ~す verb:

• to keep alive on; to stretch food to make ends meet

noun:

• darkness under the trees; dark place under the trees - obscure term

noun:

• rotating stage machinery, which rolls backwards 90 degrees to reveal the next scene

noun:

• the five elements (in Chinese philosophy: wood, fire, earth, metal and water); the five phases; wu xing ➜ 五大【ごだい】
• five practices of the Bodhisattvas - Buddhism term
• the five pillars of Islam ➜ 六信五行

noun:

• fashion style heavy on make-up and elaborate hairstyles, used among Japanese rock bands, musicians, etc. ➜ Ｖ系【ブイけい】
• handsome man (esp. one who knows this)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to talk on and on; to talk one's head off

noun:

• main door at the front of a house
• front shutters

noun:

• school for the handicapped; special school

expression:

• condemn the offense, but not the offender; detest the sin, but weep for the sinner - proverb ➜ 罪を憎んで人を憎まず【つみをにくんでひとをにくまず】

noun:

• downstage left (in noh), where the secondary actor is often seated ➜ 脇【わき】

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to put on airs; to assume importance

noun:

• bones of the upper and lower leg - obscure term

noun:

• wooden transport ship used on Lake Biwa - archaism

noun:

• rope weapon with a sickle on one end and a ring on the other

noun:

• manzai based on comic dialogue (as opposed to a skit) ➜ 漫才

expression / ichidan verb:

• to cheer on; to raise a shout

noun:

• the brilliance of cherry blossoms which illuminate the evening

noun / ~の noun:

• the ulna

expression:

• taking the opportunity to do something; doing something incidentally; doing something while (you) are at it; doing something on the way; while I'm at it - idiom

noun:

• compressed air