expression / godan ~す verb:

• to make a person sweat for it ➜ 痛い目に遭わせる

noun:

• castle on a hill in the plains; flatland-mountain castle ➜ 平城【ひらじろ】・山城【やまじろ】

noun:

• place on bridge passageway next to the rear of a noh stage - where the interlude kyogen actors wait ➜ 間狂言

noun:

• all-night vigil over a body; wake - polite language ➜ 通夜

noun:

• running a start-up company after work or on weekends

noun:

• (short-term) leave allowed a servant

noun:

• hall or room where a private Buddha statue or ancestor tablets are kept ➜ 仏間

noun:

• putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage

expression / adjective:

• to turn a deaf ear to; to not listen to; to not get the message

godan ~う verb:

• to crowd together in a confined space; to gather and make a commotion

noun:

• tower crowned by a representation of the Chinese firebird; beautiful tower - obscure term ➜ 鳳凰

noun:

• leading members of a party; party executive; party leadership; senior party members

noun / ~の noun:

• on top of a saddle

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to hold a grudge; to hold something against somebody

noun / adjectival noun:

• having a competitive spirit - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• amateur as good as a professional

noun:

• (being beholden to someone for a favor of) a night's lodging and a meal - four character idiom

noun:

• base for calculating a wrestler's tournament stipend - Sumo term

noun:

• trade below the public offering price during a float

noun:

• women's obi with a different colour on each side (originally black and white)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make a gift of

noun:

• Edo-period doctor working at a public clinic - archaism

noun:

• abandoning a corpse; dumping a body

expression:

• there's but a fine line between genius and insanity - proverb

expression:

• you cannot excuse a bad deed with a petty act of benevolence; steal a pig and give the feet for alms [literal] - proverb