noun:

• low-class prostitute who was kept in a sort of cage at the front of the establishment (Edo period)

noun:

• one who offers prayer in place of another

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to go up in smoke; to burn down; to be cremated; to vanish into thin air

noun:

• taking a lead in (doing); setting an example of (doing) - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• cutting in line; queue jumping

noun:

• father-in-law (of a woman) - archaism
• grandfather

noun:

• high-ranking staff member in the Office of Court Ladies (ritsuryo system) - archaism

suffix:

• indicates storeys, structures, or materials used in a building
• indicates denomination (after a currency)

noun:

• basking in the sun ➜ 日向ぼっこ

noun:

• steward in charge of the affairs of nobles of the third rank and higher (from the middle of the Heian period)
• administrative position (Kamakura and Muromachi periods) ➜ 政所

expression:

• nowhere in sight; seems to be no prospect; up in the air - usu. as ～のめどが立たず, etc. ➜ めどが立つ【めどがたつ】・めどが立たない

suffix:

• in magazines like ...

noun:

• medieval trade guild specialized in perilla oil

noun:

• event where schoolchildren wash their inkstones, brushes and desks the night before Tanabata to pray for success in their studies - obscure term ➜ 七夕

noun:

• win by discarding nothing but terminal and honor tiles in an otherwise drawn round - Mahjong term

expression:

• in the middle of something; busy with something
• in commotion as a result of something untoward happening
• currently importing or capturing data

noun:

• enshrinement of two or more deities in one building of a shrine; shrine building dedicated to two or more deities

noun:

• pro-democracy movement in China

expression / noun:

• in front of one's eyes; just nearby; within a stone's throw

noun:

• sister-in-law

noun:

• method of Buddhist study and practice that is based in meditative concentration; meditative methods used in Zen Buddhism - Buddhism term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to bend over in the shape of the hiragana character ku; to bend forward from the waist to form a chevron shape

noun / ~する noun:

• logging in order by area

noun:

• (degree of) public interest in forthcoming event or performance; advance reviews

noun:

• art project which is done in place of a graduation thesis at a college of arts - abbreviation ➜ 卒業制作