noun:

• painted kite; kite with a picture painted on it

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to throw the baby out with the bath water; to strain at a gnat and swallow a camel; to obsess over insignificant details and miss the larger point; to straighten the horns and kill the cow [literal] - idiom

expression:

• the law has holes large enough for the most wicked men to slip through; the long arm of the law doesn't reach everywhere; fishes big enough to eat boats aren't caught by the net [literal] - proverb

noun:

• before a Buddha or a mortuary tablet ➜ 仏前
• offerings made to Buddha or placed on a mortuary tablet

noun:

• room or pavilion of residence for the master of the house (Heian period palatial-style architecture) ➜ 寝殿造
• room where the emperor usually lives in the imperial palace

noun / ~する noun:

• finishing (a race); running the whole distance; reaching the goal; staying the course

noun / ~の noun:

• conveying the will of the governing to the governed; top-down (system) - four character idiom

noun:

• restoring the declining fortunes; recovering from the discouraging situation; reversing the downward trend - four character idiom

noun:

• waist (the part of the pants located above the crotch); pant rise

noun / ~の noun:

• bones of the palm (esp. the metacarpals, but sometimes also including the carpals) - obscure term ➜ 中手骨

noun:

• the first rain to fall between the late autumn and the early winter - archaism

expression:

• it's been a long time; long time no see ➜ お久【おひさ】

expression / adjective:

• find it against one's conscience (to do); too proud (to do)

adverb:

• in general; generally
• as a whole; all in all; altogether; summing it up

expression:

• if you have a mind to do something, you can do it - proverb

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded

expression:

• in a word; to put it briefly; to make a long story short ➜ 早く言えば

expression:

• in a word; to put it briefly; to make a long story short ➜ 手っ取り早く言えば

noun / ~する noun:

• reciting something and then recording it; recording of something that has been recited - obscure term

expression:

• while looking on in blank amazement; while gazing at it in shock ➜ あれよあれよ

noun:

• complete picture; panorama; what it all adds up to; bird's eye view; all-embracing portrait; overall perspective; overview

expression:

• no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook

expression / ichidan verb:

• to call dibs; to establish a claim; to spit on something (thus preventing others from taking it) [literal] - idiom

expression:

• no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook ➜ 何としても

expression:

• to; for; concerning; as far as ... is concerned; regarding ➜ 取る