noun:

• part of the garden close to the house; nearby garden

adverbial noun / temporal noun / ~の noun:

• the present age; these days; (present) head of the family

expression:

• pie in the sky; castle in the air

noun:

• adding to the top; what's placed on the top

noun / ~の noun:

• underwater
• behind closed doors; behind the scenes; below the surface

noun:

• the point of a sword; the advance of an army

noun:

• the late king; the preceding king; good ancient kings

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to finger; to roll between the thumb and the fingers

expression:

• barking up the wrong tree; calling at the wrong house ➜ 御門違い

noun:

• man of the world; experienced in matters of the heart

expression:

• first come, first served; the early bird catches the worm

noun:

• confirmation of the referee's decision of the bout outcome - Sumo term

noun:

• The Greater East Asian War; The Pacific War (1941-1945) - sensitive

expression / ichidan verb:

• to understand the essence; to catch the main points ➜ 壷【つぼ】

noun:

• the Six Ksitigarbhas (one for each of the six realms) ➜ 六道

noun:

• Aquarius (11th zodiacal sign); the Water Bearer; the Water Carrier

expression / ichidan verb:

• to have the end in sight; to see the mountains [literal] - idiom

expression:

• though the woman is weak, the mother is strong - proverb

noun:

• measures for the promotion of; stimulation measure (for the economy)

noun:

• Oban; one of the eight gods of the koyomi ➜ 八将神

noun:

• country bumpkin - archaism ➜ 田舎者
• someone from the same part of the country - archaism

noun:

• last day of the third month of the lunar calendar

adverb:

• on the verge of starvation; at the point of starving

noun:

• moon of the 19th day of the lunar month

noun:

• the socially vulnerable; the weak of society; socially disadvantaged people