noun:

• the right to bear a surname and to wear a sword (during the Edo period) - four character idiom

expression:

• blue are the hills that are far away; the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; far away smells of flowers; close up smells of dung [literal] - proverb

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to go on a pub-crawl; to drink at a round of places

noun:

• manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act (usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit) ➜ 万歳【まんざい】

expression:

• better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion - proverb

noun:

• purple clouds; clouds on which Amida Buddha rides to welcome the spirits of the dead

~の noun:

• (of luggage, etc.) able to be taken into the cabin of the aircraft; carry-on

noun:

• wait-and-see; sitting on the fence; waiting to see which way the wind blows

noun:

• The Circle of Rainbow Light; Japanese religious group based on the teachings of Aum Shinrikyo ➜ オウム真理教

expression:

• on the occasion of; at the time of ➜ 際【さい】

noun / ~する noun:

• slap in the face; slap on the cheek

expression:

• on the plea of; under the pretext of

noun / ~する noun:

• spending one night ahead (e.g. at a hotel near the airport the night before catching a flight); spending the night before ➜ 後泊【こうはく】

noun:

• start broaching (a subject); opening remark; start; commencement; beginning
• event at the start of the tenth month of the lunar calendar
• opening a sealed jar or container

noun / ~する noun:

• suspension; interruption; stoppage; ban; standstill; halt; hang-up; deadlock; stalemate; abeyance - usu. ていし
• suspension of music, dance, etc. as a sign of mourning for a prominent person ［ちょうじ］

noun / ~する noun:

• preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; inducement to stay
• being stranded; grounding
• level dyeing ［足留め・足留］

noun:

• azuki bean rice gruel eaten on the day of the winter solstice (to chase away demons that spread contagious diseases)

noun / suffix noun:

• hole - also read めど for this sense ➜ 穴が開く
• deficit; shortage; missing person (in a team, meeting, etc.)
• vacancy; opening
• flaw
• profitable place (or item, etc.) not well known by others
• upset victory (with a large payoff)
• pit (of a theater) - slang ➜ 平土間
• hiding place - archaism
• underbelly (of society, etc.) - archaism

noun:

• yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer
• grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow) - obsolete term
• failing to win a single hand during a half-game - Mahjong term

noun:

• ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity

noun:

• something not needed; person who is in the way

noun:

• person collapsed and dying (dead) in the street

noun:

• deceased person (with no one to tend the grave)

noun:

• self deprecating first person pronoun used by the elderly - archaism - male language

noun:

• person doing the actual work (as opposed to management)