expression:

• the difference between truth and fiction in art being very subtle; Art abides in a realm that is neither truth nor fiction - four character idiom

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to arrive at; to reach
• to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table) ➜ 席に着く

noun:

• equinoctial week (when Buddhist services are held)
• Buddhist services during the equinoctial week - abbreviation ➜ 彼岸会
• nirvana - Buddhism term ➜ 此岸

noun:

• one's old school or university; alma mater; the school or university one attended

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be given the cold shoulder; to be jilted; to be rejected; to be dumped ➜ 振る【ふる】

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to play a part; to get involved; to take a share; to share the burden

noun:

• snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus spp., esp. the golden snub-nosed monkey, Rhinopithecus roxellana) ➜ 金糸猴

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to bear responsibility for; to be liable for; to answer for; to take the blame for

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to lie face down (e.g. on the ground, napping on a desk); to lie prone
• to lower (one's head, gaze, etc.) - archaism

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• after-; post-; ex-; after the fact; ex post ➜ 事前

adverb:

• day by day; by the day
• daily; every day - archaism

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to pull the trigger; to pull a trigger

adverb:

• day by day; every day; by the day

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to break the record; to break a record

noun:

• jack-in-the-box; jack-in-a-box

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to spare oneself the trouble; to spare oneself Antonym: 骨を折る ➜ 骨惜しみ

noun / ~する noun:

• beating time with one's hands; clapping to the beat

noun:

• making a careless move (in go, shogi, etc.); responding to an opponent's move without proper thought

noun:

• carpet; rug; matting; carpeting
• mat, mattress, quilt etc. spread out on the floor (or ground) and used to sit or sleep on
• spread; (cloth) cover; coaster

expression / noun:

• cursing ritual where one visits a shrine at 2 in the morning and nails a doll representing a person to a tree, praying for said person's death ➜ 丑の刻参り

noun:

• cursing ritual where one visits a shrine at 2 in the morning and nails a doll representing a person to a tree, praying for said person's death

noun:

• people living in the country; people living inland; Japanese in Japan proper; people living on Honshu

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to rub in (e.g. cream into the skin)
• to grind and mix (e.g. pepper into miso)

noun / ~する noun:

• return to the United States

noun:

• term used to refer to Japanese-American children (nisei) who were sent by their parents to Japan before WW2 to receive their schooling

noun / ~の noun:

• inside and outside; interior and exterior
• inside and outside the country; home and abroad; domestic and foreign ［ないがい］

suffix noun:

• around; about; approximately

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to bend; to curve; to warp; to distort; to disfigure
• to bend (the truth); to falsify; to twist
• to corrupt; to sully