noun / ~する noun:

• writing with the brush in one's mouth

noun:

• foreword; preface
• affidavit; written confession (of a commoner in the Edo period)

noun:

• finger Braille; system of communicating with the deaf-blind in which the receiver's fingers are tapped like a Braille typewriter ➜ 点字【てんじ】

noun:

• cattle or horse trader; good judge of horses or cattle - sensitive

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (in) - usu. 勤める
• to serve (as); to act (as); to fill (the position of); to play the role (of) - usu. 務める
• to conduct a religious service - usu. 勤める

noun:

• child (esp. a boy)
• viscount ➜ 子爵
• master (founder of a school of thought, esp. Confucius) - honorific language
• philosophy (branch of Chinese literature); non-Confucian Hundred Schools of Thought writings ➜ 諸子百家
• you (of one's equals) - archaism

suffix noun:

• -er (i.e. a man who spends all his time doing...)

noun:

• the same room; sharing a room; sharers of a room

adverbial noun:

• one turn; one round
• (a) size

~する noun:

• to go around; to make a circuit; to take a turn

adverbial noun:

• twelve years; one cycle of the Chinese zodiac

noun:

• public bathhouse
• building with a bath (esp. in a shrine or temple)

expression:

• to have a comeback (i.e. a reason, or rationalization) for every remark - idiom

noun:

• clasp or ring for attaching a pendant to a chain

noun:

• alms-giver; person who donates to a monk or a temple; dana-pati

noun:

• (being in) the red; deficit Antonym: 黒字
• red letter; red writing
• corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red

noun:

• conveyance of the opinions of the lower classes to the powers that be - four character idiom

noun:

• the Revelation of St. John the Divine (book of the Bible) ➜ 黙示録

noun:

• the eight ministries (under the Grand Council of State of the ritsuryo system) ➜ 太政官

expression:

• out of touch with the voters; indifferent to the concerns of the people

noun:

• night of the 15th day of the first month in the lunar calendar

noun:

• night of the 15th day of the first month in the lunar calendar ➜ 元宵

expression:

• rise of the dragon (bringing rain around the time of the spring equinox)

expression:

• the future is unpredictable; unscrutable are the ways of heaven; the irony of fate - proverb ➜ 人間万事塞翁が馬

noun:

• number or size of periodicals or pictures; type size

noun:

• all of creation following their original natures, living and enjoying themselves freely; the kites fly and the fish leap [literal] - four character idiom - obscure term
• Heaven's will that all of creation shall follow their original natures and live freely - four character idiom - obscure term
• as a ruler's benevolence spreads, the people will find their places in the land based on their abilities - four character idiom - obscure term

noun:

• on the brink of collapse; in a state of near-collapse - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to demand gratitude; to make a favour of something; to remind of a favour done to someone; to emphasize the favour one has done ➜ 恩に掛ける

expression / ichidan verb:

• to demand gratitude; to make a favour of something; to remind of a favour done to someone; to emphasize the favour one has done ➜ 恩に着せる