noun:

• ceremony performed by a sorcerer to protect a noble setting out on a trip
• walking in large steps
• walking with a disabled leg; someone with a disabled leg

noun:

• particle that attaches to a phrase and acts on the whole phrase - e.g. the の of のです ➜ のです

noun:

• wrestlers with the same win-loss record at the end of a tournament - Sumo term

noun:

• dividing up a fishing catch

noun / ~する noun:

• reefing a sail; bringing in a sail

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to put on a triumphant air - idiom

godan ~つ verb:

• to let a fox into the henhouse; to do something dangerous; to let loose a tiger in the marketplace [literal] - idiom

noun:

• wait to turn either of two pairs into a three-of-a-kind to finish one's hand - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ シャンポン待ち【シャンポンまち】

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to get a salary (from); to receive a stipend (from); to be on the payroll (of)

noun:

• year of a person's birth ［せいねん］

noun / prefix noun:

• number of years since one's birth; age - e.g. 生年35歳

noun:

• renting a house in the same block of houses as somebody else ➜ 相店【あいだな】
• person who rents a house in the same block of houses as oneself ➜ 相店【あいだな】

expression / ~の noun / adjectival noun / adverbial noun:

• a lot more; much more; and then some; and plenty more than that

expression:

• a drowning man will catch at a straw - proverb

noun:

• no retribution for a samurai killing a commoner

expression / ichidan verb:

• to lose a tooth; to lose one's teeth

noun / ~する noun:

• eating like a dog; sloppy eating

noun:

• dog fighting - archaism ➜ 闘犬【とうけん】

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to devour a meal; to have a meal

noun / ~する noun:

• going into a huddle (over); holding secret (closed-door) conference (about); laying heads together in secret consultation - four character idiom

noun:

• skin eruptions caused by a cold or fever - obscure term ➜ ほろ子【ほろし】

noun:

• spreading of a fire

noun:

• population of a fief

noun:

• thick illustrated publication on a single topic printed to look like a magazine - from "magazine" and "book" - From English "mook"

noun:

• garden with a pond

noun / ~する noun:

• lighting a torch; lighting up a lamp

noun:

• person who leads a funeral procession with a torch

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to form a complete whole; to be joined together