adverb / noun:

• occasionally; at times; the season; from time to time

noun:

• copybook printed from the works of old masters of calligraphy

noun / ~する noun:

• tour round the country (Japan) (visiting from province to province) - four character idiom

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to withdraw from someone's presence; to leave the room

noun:

• person who has fled from North Korea; North Korean defector

noun:

• top-grade rice flour made from non-glutinous rice

expression:

• from the cradle to the grave

expression / ichidan verb:

• to hang one's hopes on; to expect from

noun:

• listeners' corner (portion of radio programming for correspondence from listeners) - from 普通のお便り

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to (prepare to) run away (from one's responsibilities, etc.)

noun:

• signboard depicting scene from a play (usu. outside a theatre)

noun:

• provincial governor (from the middle of the Heian period)

noun:

• geta with skating blades; skates made from geta

noun:

• var. of Japanese paper made from the Oriental paper bush

noun:

• trash house; house overflowing with garbage from hoarding

noun / ~の noun:

• tape transcription; transcribing from recorded tape; audio-typing

noun:

• soup made from boiling leftover fish scraps; fishhead soup - Food term

noun:

• the part of a province furthest from the capital - archaism ➜ 道の口・道の中

noun:

• text neck; neck injury from excessive texting, etc.

expression:

• taking a cut from a thief's plunder; vile deed

expression / ichidan verb:

• to rest (from work, studying, etc.); to take a break

noun:

• stories from one's childhood
• children's story; fairy tale

expression:

• trying to straighten the horns of a bull, and killing it in the process; trying to correct a small defect and ruining the whole thing; The cure is worse than the disease - four character idiom

noun:

• wide-mouthed ceramic vessel having a small hole in its spherical base (into which bamboo was probably inserted to pour liquids)
• teapot-like object made typically of lacquerware and used to pour hot and cold liquids ➜ 半挿【はんぞう】

noun:

• The Three Jewels; The Triple Gem; Triratna; The Three Treasures; Buddha, Dharma, Sangha; Buddha, the teachings of Buddha, and the community of monks and nuns - Buddhism term