expression:

• zeal is a bad servant; the person who chases a deer does not see the mountain [literal] - proverb

noun:

• ten rulers of the afterlife (who judge the dead and determine their placement in their next life) - Buddhism term

noun:

• hourglass figure; having a good-looking, full-bodied figure (of a woman); big breasts and buttocks, tight waist - slang

expression / godan -いく／-ゆく verb (spec.):

• to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family) ➜ 嫁ぐ【とつぐ】

noun:

• candlelight service (e.g. in a church)
• ceremony during a wedding reception where the bride and the groom go from table to table lighting a candle at each

noun:

• cabinetwork; joinery - usu. 指(し)物
• hair ornament; hairpin - often 挿(し)物
• colours; banner; small banner worn by soldiers during battle (for identification) from the Sengoku period to the end of the Edo period - archaism

noun:

• red eboshi (headgear worn by Japanese men prior to and during the Edo period, which was ordinarily black in color) ➜ 亭主の好きな赤烏帽子
• metaphor for an odd item or having a taste for such an item

noun:

• fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light
• person who is slow to react; someone slow on the uptake

noun:

• god of pestilence; god who spreads infectious diseases
• jinx; hoodoo; pest; odious person; plague; angel of death - derogatory term

noun:

• demon of the sixth heaven in the realm of desire who tries to prevent people from doing good - Buddhism term ➜ 四魔

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• someone who is overly concerned with status. Can be used enviously with reference to someone of real accomplishment - Kansai dialect

noun:

• Shogitai (group of former Tokugawa retainers opposed to the Meiji government who fought in the battle of Ueno) ➜ 上野戦争

noun:

• someone from outside one's own province (China) ➜ 本省人
• someone who moved to Taiwan from the continent after WWII ➜ 本省人

noun:

• Kyoto's children
• Kyoto's young people, who are noisy and gossiping on the least pretext

noun:

• formal, usually black, kimono with designs along the bottom of the skirt worn by married women on ceremonial occasions; married woman's ceremonial kimono

noun / ~する noun:

• using a new brush for the first time
• doing something for the first time
• man losing his virginity (esp. to an older woman)

noun:

• yamanba; manba; girl or young woman adhering to a fashion trend often characterized by extremely gaudy and colourful facial make up, heavily tanned skin and hair dyed in a bright hue - colloquialism ➜ 山姥・ガングロ

noun:

• special seats and standing-only space in the galley for people who only intend to see one act of a kabuki play

noun:

• Atypus karschi (Asian species of mygalomorph spider) ［土蜘蛛］ ➜ 地蜘蛛
• tsuchigumo (people of ancient Japan who were not subjects of the Yamato court)

noun:

• ignorance of Jōdo Shinshū practitioners (who only chant the Namu Amida Butsu and have little knowledge of other parts of Buddhism) - derogatory term

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• (for an object) to be shiny; to be glossy
• (for a woman) to be alluring; to look sexy

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to coquet (of a woman); to entice a customer (of a prostitute)
• to flatter; to butter up

noun:

• physician in private practice
• town doctor; doctor who served the townspeople (as opposed to the emperor, a daimyo, etc.) - archaism

noun:

• someone who gets in the way without serving any useful purpose; fly in the ointment; buttinsky; third wheel

noun:

• divorce of a couple who have been married for a long time (brought on by retirement of the husband) - colloquialism