expression:

• no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after - after past tense verb
• at the thought of; when I think about

noun:

• calling many harlots and entertainers and have a big party
• starting an important maneuver at the end of a game of go

expression:

• that night; that evening
• over the course of the evening

noun:

• fool; nitwit
• The Fool (Tarot card)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to take a big bite
• to take the best part; to steal all the good parts; to steal the show

noun:

• (rocky) seashore party; seashore festival ➜ 磯遊び
• celebration in honor of the dragon god by fishermen after a good haul

noun:

• internal hindrance ［ないしょう］ - Buddhism term
• any visual disorder caused by a problem within the eye (i.e. glaucoma, amaurosis, etc.) ➜ 上翳

noun:

• crow dipper (Pinellia tuber) ➜ カラスビシャク
• 11th day after the summer solstice; last seed-sowing and rice-planting day - abbreviation ➜ 半夏生

noun:

• succession of words of similar meaning; redundancy (e.g. free gift); tautology ［じゅうごん］
• kanji compound in which the same character is repeated - e.g. 堂堂

noun:

• pile; stilt; column; pillar; pier - Architecture term - From French "pilotis"
• building raised on columns - Architecture term

noun:

• female student or graduate of Waseda University
• woman who allegedly pursues a career at the expense of love, feminine interests, etc. - derogatory term

noun:

• consumer; ordinary citizen; stakeholder

suffix:

• person who lives on (e.g. situation, income, place) ➜ 路上生活者

noun:

• sorceress; medium; female fortuneteller ➜ 巫女【みこ】
• child from the city ［市子］ - archaism

noun:

• cheap literature; writing for amusement
• light literature popular in the late Edo period

noun:

• teapot-like object made typically of lacquerware and used to pour hot and cold liquids
• basin of water with two handles on either side used for washing one's face or hands ➜ 盥

noun:

• regular position (e.g. in sports team); normal position
• revealing a card in the upright position (tarot, etc.)

noun:

• principal object of worship at a temple (usu. a buddha or bodhisattva); principal image; idol
• the man himself; the person at the heart of the matter - humorous term

noun:

• Christmas; Nativity ➜ キリスト降誕祭【キリストこうたんさい】
• celebration of the birthday of a saint or great man

noun:

• T; t

prefix:

• nth year in the Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25) ➜ 大正

noun / ~の noun / adjectival noun:

• middle way; (golden) mean; moderation; middle path

noun:

• the Doctrine of the Mean (one of the Four Books) ➜ 四書

noun:

• farmland - archaism ➜ 田地
• private farm estates from before the Taika reform - archaism

noun:

• country bumpkin - archaism ➜ 田舎者
• someone from the same part of the country - archaism

noun:

• public bath; communal bath
• public bath or hot springs maintained by the local community and free or low fee

noun:

• Chagu Chagu Horse Festival (of Iwate Prefecture)
• small wooden horse toy with bells on its neck (made in Iwate Prefecture)

noun / ~する noun:

• atonement

noun:

• the Atonement (of Jesus Christ)