noun:

• (something having its) merits and demerits; advantages and disadvantages; good points and shortcomings - four character idiom

~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• deserted and lonesome; quiet and alone; innocent and nonattached; All is void - archaism - four character idiom

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to fight; to compete; to contest; to contend (with)
• to argue; to dispute heatedly

expression / ichidan verb:

• to invent a pretext for a quarrel; to pick a fight

noun:

• sole (esp. the tonguefishes of family Cynoglossidae, but also the true soles of family Soleidae)
• red tonguesole (Cynoglossus joyneri)

noun:

• classical form of na-adjective inflection formed by contraction of the particle "to" with the classical verb "ari" ("aru")

noun:

• classical form of na-adjective inflection formed by contraction of the particle "ni" with the classical verb "ari" ("aru")

noun:

• first visit of a child to the shrine of its tutelary deity (usu. when the child is about 30 days old) ➜ 宮参り

noun:

• general policy speech; speech held by the Prime Minister of Japan at the start of a special or extraordinary Diet session

noun / ~と adverb / ~たる adjective:

• tinkling sound (esp. bell on the Emperor's carriage); bright sound of metal being struck - archaism

noun:

• cry of the phoenix - archaism

noun:

• small fish sliced open and pickled in a mixture of vinegar, sake, and salt - Food term
• seafood pickled in soy (esp. squid) - Food term

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to change; to swap; to substitute; to transfer
• to change the object of one's interest or focus
• to spend or take time
• to infect ➜ 風邪を移す
• to permeate something with the smell or colour of something
• to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.) ➜ 実行に移す

noun:

• surface of the water; face of the water ➜ 水面【すいめん】

suffix:

• seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of

expression / noun:

• sweep of the tide; drift of the tide; tidal current

noun:

• the seven forms of Avalokitesvara ➜ 観世音
• the seven Avalokitesvaras of Kyoto

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to shame the name (of); to blot the reputation (of)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to cease being possessed (by the spirit of a fox); to be released from the grasp of the fox spirit; to be exorcised from the fox spirit

expression:

• the soft may prove more durable than the hard; willow trees don't break under the weight of snow [literal] - proverb

noun / ~の noun:

• being young and spirited; being young and full of go - four character idiom

noun:

• Heian-period ceremony where a newlywed groom and bride eat a rice-cake on the third night after the wedding ceremony ➜ 三日の餅

adverb / ~と adverb:

• sound of something striking repeatedly (e.g. wooden clappers) - onomatopoeia
• something small hopping repeatedly; touching lightly and repeatedly - onomatopoeia

noun:

• punctuation marks such as the dakuten
• Chonchon; South American mythical bird - From

expression / noun:

• the year end; end of the year; last days of the year

noun:

• abolition of feudal domains and establishment of prefectures (1871) - four character idiom

noun:

• heaps of bodies and streams of blood; fierce battle - four character idiom