noun:

• the first time in the year that one wears an awase kimono ➜ 袷

expression / godan ~ぐ verb:

• to take part in

expression:

• well-known only to those in the know; be well-known but to the few; highly regarded by a select few

expression:

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

noun:

• stand-in

expression:

• in proportion (to)

noun / ~の noun:

• daughter-in-law and mother-in-law (relationship, conflict, etc.)

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