noun:

• fountain effect (theory that high sales in the basement of a department store lead to increased sales in the upper levels as well)

noun:

• Azuma coat; type of coat worn over a kimono; popular in the middle of the Meiji era

noun:

• New Year food for entertaining a guest served in multilayered lacquered boxes
• Kansai New Year decoration (made from food) - Edo name - archaism ➜ 蓬莱飾り【ほうらいかざり】

noun:

• reading classical Chinese aloud without trying to understand the meaning
• reading a kanji compound using the Japanese pronunciation of each of its characters

noun:

• O-saifu Keitai (brand name); wallet cell phone; mobile wallet; mobile phone equipped with a contactless IC card for ATM use, payments, etc.

expression:

• there must be a clear distinction between the upper and lower classes; even new shoes must not be worn on the head [literal] - proverb

noun:

• Maria Kannon; statue of the Virgin Mary disguised as a Buddhist Kannon statue, used by hidden Christians during the Edo period ➜ マリア・観音

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to be confused; to be flustered; to be at a loss ➜ まごまご

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to pursue an illusion; to pursue a fantasy; to pursue phantoms

noun:

• gabled roof; building with a gabled roof; gabled roof construction

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be annoying; to be troublesome; to be a burden ➜ 世話の焼ける【せわのやける】

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to ride past (one's stop); to overshoot
• to climb over; to get over ➜ 乗り越える
• to overtake (in a vehicle); to pass

expression:

• great human beings never lose the innocence of childhood; a virtuous ruler never loses the spirit of the common people - from Mencius - proverb

~する noun:

• to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to

noun:

• top crease of a sleeve (of traditional Japanese clothing)
• sleeve cap (of Western clothing)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to get conceited; to become vain; to get stuck up; to get a swollen head ➜ 天狗【てんぐ】

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be completely boiled; to be boiled to a turn ➜ 茹で上げる

noun:

• one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke) ➜ 一条【いちじょう】
• a single bloodline

adjectival noun:

• earnest; resolute; intent; devoted
• ordinary; common - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• male coming of age ceremony
• for a woman to shave her eyebrows, dye her teeth and wear her hair in the marumage style after marrying (Edo period)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to

noun:

• festival-eve vigil; eve of a festival vigil ➜ 宵祭り【よいまつり】

noun:

• pug-nosed face; person with a pug-nosed face

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to waive one's right; to waive a right

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to apply for a job; to apply for work

expression:

• any number of people; a large number of people