noun:

• stone(s) used to weigh down a fishing net - obscure term

noun:

• long thin strip of dried sea-ear or paper attached to a gift

noun:

• boards covering a ditch (drainage, sewage, etc.)

noun:

• class A IP address - IT term

expression:

• rear a tiger and court disaster - proverb

noun:

• wearing a kimono (or awase) without any undergarments on - obscure term

noun:

• calling another player's discarded tile to complete a meld (but not to complete one's hand) - Mahjong term
• declaring a kong or calling a discarded tile to complete a meld - Mahjong term

expression:

• a wise person always follows the right course; a wise man never wavers - four character idiom

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to place in a row; to line up
• to list; to enumerate
• to talk a lot of nonsense; to tell a lot of lies

noun / ~する noun:

• laughing a ringing laugh; having a hearty laugh; roaring with laughter - four character idiom

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to prick with a needle

noun:

• any of a number of secret societies of ancient China (often opposed to the government)

noun:

• rear carrier of a palanquin ➜ 先棒

noun:

• dress worn by a geisha to a zashiki party ➜ 座敷

expression:

• anyone can make a mistake; even Homer sometimes nods - proverb

noun:

• street performance by itinerant entertainers featuring a tumbling act in which a child performer wears a carved lion's head

noun / ~する noun:

• erection of a monument

noun:

• congratulatory postcards with a spring pattern sold every year in February

expression:

• autumn weather is as fickle as a woman's heart - orig. 男心と秋の空 - proverb ➜ 男心と秋の空

noun:

• start of a romance; beginning of love

noun:

• simple and light soup taken between courses in a kaiseki meal, or during a formal tea ceremony - Food term ➜ 懐石

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to fire from a job

noun:

• person with a criminal record; violent criminal

expression / ichidan verb:

• to teach someone a lesson; to show someone a thing or two; to show someone what one can do - idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• driving off a troublesome person; getting rid of a nuisance