noun:

• style of haikai or haiku from the Tenmei era (based on a return to the style of Basho) ➜ 天明・蕉風
• style of comical tanka from the Tenmei era (popularized by Oota Nampo) ➜ 狂歌

temporal noun:

• one o'clock

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• once; at one time; formerly; before

adverbial noun / temporal noun / ~の noun:

• for a time; for a while; for the time being; for the present; for the moment; temporarily - in weather forecasts, indicates that a given condition will hold for less than one-quarter of the forecast period

noun:

• a time; one time; once ➜ 一時に

noun / ~する noun:

• taking a seat; sitting down (in one's seat)

adverb / ~する noun:

• heart-wrenchingly; with a thrill in one's heart - colloquialism - onomatopoeia

noun:

• humble position; inferior
• underarm grip on opponent's belt - Sumo term

noun:

• Otenmon conspiracy (political incident in 866CE centered around the destruction by fire of the main gate of the imperial palace) - archaism

noun:

• hired foreigner; foreign advisor hired by the Japanese government for their specialized knowledge to assist in the modernization of Japan at the end of the Bakufu and during the Meiji Era

noun / ~する noun:

• happy family circle; sitting in a family circle and enjoying conversation; harmony in a family - four character idiom

noun:

• god of harvests and wealth (syncretized with Saraswati, and often taking the form of a heavenly woman, a white snake or a fox)

noun:

• firing line; position where one is subject to questioning, criticism, etc. ➜ 矢面に立つ
• direction of a flying arrow (fired by the enemy) - orig. meaning

noun:

• Heian-period ceremony where a newlywed groom and bride eat a rice-cake on the third night after the wedding ceremony

noun:

• Heian-period ceremony where a newlywed groom and bride eat a rice-cake on the third night after the wedding ceremony ➜ 三日の餅【みかのもちい】

noun:

• in the shape of a pillar or column

noun:

• making a living in the red-light district - four character idiom

~の noun:

• gentlemanly; gentlemanlike; in the manner of a gentleman

expression / noun:

• (in the) same boat; (sharing a) common destiny

noun:

• star in the sky on a spring night

expression / noun / ~する noun:

• lifting (a child) high up in the air - children's language

noun:

• wooden mosaic work; parquetry; wooden mosaic (e.g. on a piece of furniture); marquetry; marqueterie

expression:

• waiting for one hundred years for the waters of the Yellow River to clear; waiting in vain for an unlikely event; waiting for pigs to fly; When the sky falls, we shall catch larks - four character idiom

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be traced; to be tracked (by someone) - idiom
• to have a lover (for a woman) - idiom

adverb / ~と adverb:

• with a clatter; with a rattle - onomatopoeia

~の noun / adjectival noun:

• empty; bare; uninhabited; vacant; unoccupied - onomatopoeia
• raspy (voice); gravelly; husky - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb:

• with a gargle - onomatopoeia

~する noun / adverb:

• rough (personality, speech, etc.); unreserved; outspoken; boorish; ill-mannered - onomatopoeia

noun:

• rattle (e.g. baby's toy) - onomatopoeia

adverb:

• a little; a bit; slightly ➜ ちょっと
• just a minute; for a moment; briefly ➜ ちょっと
• somewhat; rather; fairly; pretty; quite ➜ ちょっと

~と adverb / ~する noun:

• dimly; faintly; with a faint light
• warmly; friendly; in a heartwarming manner - esp. とした

noun:

• public bathhouse
• building with a bath (esp. in a shrine or temple)