noun:

• visiting a shrine or temple to give thanks for the fulfilment of a prayer

noun:

• substitute for a scheduled live broadcast of a sporting event that was rained out - four character idiom

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• resourceful and quick-witted; showing a flash of brilliance; have a keen (sparkling) intellect - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• resourceful and quick-witted; showing a flash of brilliance; have a keen (sparkling) intellect - four character idiom

noun:

• campaign to prevent a public construction work by acquiring a minuscule tract of land - four character idiom

noun:

• ridge-end tile with the figure of a Shachihoko (e.g. on a castle)

noun / ~する noun:

• resultative (refers to a conjunction where what follows is a result of the preceding)

suffix:

• suffix indicating room size (following a number of tatami mats and a counter)

noun / ~する noun:

• forced relocation of a daimyo to a different domain by the Edo shogunate

noun:

• stylishness (esp. of a woman working at a nightclub, etc.); sophistication; refinement; class; style

noun:

• fact; (a) truth
• realistic portrayal of an ordinary event (by a wise man) ［じつごと］ - in kabuki

noun:

• checking of a text (usu. translation) by a native speaker - From English "native check"

noun:

• challenging members of a dojo to a fight and demanding money upon winning

noun / ~する noun:

• helping a long-term employee to establish a branch of the same shop

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

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to let fly; to make fly; to send flying; to blow off (e.g. in the wind); to launch; to fire; to hurl; to shoot
• to skip over; to leave out; to omit; to drop (e.g. a stitch)
• to run fast; to drive fast; to gallop
• to spray; to splash; to spatter
• to say without reservation; to call out (e.g. a jeer); to rattle of (e.g. a joke)
• to spread (e.g. a rumour); to circulate; to send out (a message); to issue (e.g. an appeal)
• to transfer (to a less important post); to send away (e.g. to a provincial branch); to demote
• to dispatch quickly (e.g. a reporter)
• to get rid of; to burn off (alcohol)
• to attack (e.g. with a leg manoeuvre)

auxiliary verb / godan ~す verb:

• to do vigorously; to do roughly; to do energetically

noun:

• Acanthurus (type genus of surgeonfishes and tangs in the family Acanthuridae which have a pair of sharp spines on either side of the base of the tail)

noun:

• part of the fabric that is wrapped farthest from the skin when wearing a garment that is wrapped in front of one (such as a kimono) ➜ 下前
• percentage; commission ➜ 上米【うわまい】

expression / ichidan verb / transitive:

• to make an example of; to make a victim of; to hold up somebody (something) to ridicule; to single out someone for criticism - idiom
• to pierce with a spear

expression:

• a single mistake can ruin all one's hard work; one blunder can render useless a long period of effort; one fart in a hundred days' sermons [literal] - proverb

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• in three days' time; two days after tomorrow

noun:

• three-quarter; half coat; top coat

noun:

• precious stone (esp. jade) - also formerly read as ごく
• egg (sometimes esp. as a sushi topping) - Food term
• stock or security being traded; product being bought or sold
• position (in finance, the amount of a security either owned or owed by an investor or dealer) ➜ 建玉
• geisha
• time charge for a geisha - abbreviation ➜ 玉代
• king (of the junior player) - abbreviation - Shōgi term ➜ 玉将

noun:

• a number of interesting stories; book containing a number of interesting stories

noun:

• projecting part (of a headland, etc.) ［でばな・出鼻］
• moment of departure; (on the) point of going out
• outset; start; beginning