noun / ~する noun:

• visiting a temple for another

noun:

• breaking a lock; picking a lock

noun:

• first or solo run in a race (grand prix, horse race, etc.)

noun:

• traditional short winter coat resembling a haori without gussets ➜ 羽織
• livery coat ➜ 印半纏
• half the sky ［半天］
• mid-air; middle of the sky ［半天］

noun:

• carving with a knife - four character idiom
• cheap trick; simple trickery; petty strategem

noun:

• remnants of a defeated army

noun:

• modifier of a non-inflectable word - Linguistics term

ichidan verb / transitive / expression:

• to acquire a trade; to learn a vocation

noun:

• obi-tying ceremony designed to ensure safe birth of a child

noun:

• god who controls a country's territory; god who rules a country - archaism

noun:

• a reading room

noun:

• fence around a shrine

noun / ~の noun:

• service a la carte

expression:

• a small leak can sink a great ship - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• sleeping together in a huddle

noun:

• rain from a cloudless sky

noun:

• last day (in the year) that a particular species of bird or insect, etc. sing or chirp ➜ 初鳴日

noun:

• along a wall

noun:

• wait to turn either of two pairs into a pung to finish one's hand - Mahjong term

noun:

• bottom of a box

noun:

• plank of a bridge; bridge plank

noun:

• renting a house in the same block of houses as somebody else ➜ 相借家【あいじゃくや】
• person who rents a house in the same block of houses as oneself ➜ 相借家【あいじゃくや】

noun / ~する noun:

• closing of the fireplace in a Zen temple (first day of the 2nd month) ➜ 開炉

expression / adjective:

• making a poor appearance

expression / adjective:

• in a good mood ➜ 機嫌が悪い