noun:

• rope that ties the lower end of the sail to the hull (on a Japanese-style ship)

noun:

• playing on equal terms; having no handicap for either player - Shōgi term ➜ 平手
• being evenly matched - Shōgi term

noun:

• migrant worker from the countryside (in China) ➜ 民工

noun:

• light of the evening sun; setting sun

noun:

• the right of pledge

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to tread on thin ice; to go out on a limb; to walk a tightrope; to take risks; to cross a dangerous bridge [literal]

noun:

• Collar of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum

noun:

• 56th of the sexagenary cycle ➜ 干支

noun:

• writing in the kana

noun:

• woman who earns her living by entertaining with song, dance and playing the shamisen; geisha who sings at parties

expression:

• on what business

noun:

• the cosmic dual forces (yin and yang) and the five elements (metal, wood, water, fire and earth) in Chinese cosmology - four character idiom

noun:

• (in gagaku) scale similar to Dorian mode on B

noun:

• performing a rakugo story on the spot based on three topics given by the audience; impromptu rakugo story based on three subjects

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to count on one's fingers
• to count down the days (in anticipation); to look forward to

noun / ~する noun:

• hitting the ball squarely - Baseball term - From English "just meet"

expression / adverb:

• at the present time; as of now; at this time

noun:

• the whole life

expression / ~する verb (irregular) / intransitive verb:

• to be the ruin of (a person)

noun:

• waterfowl sleeping while floating on water ➜ 浮き寝

noun / ~する noun:

• cut into long thin shavings (primarily vegetables), in the manner a pencil is sharpened with a knife

noun:

• tea container having pronounced "shoulders" near the neck ➜ 茶入

expression / adjective:

• what's the best thing to do? ➜ どうしたらいい

noun:

• daughter of the home; unmarried woman who owns (the future rights to) a home

noun:

• puppeteer for the head