noun / ~する noun:

• pressing clothes, etc. by placing them under the bedding while one sleeps

noun:

• garment worn under the hanpi undergarment or hou robe in court ceremonial dress - archaism ➜ 半臂・袍

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to take a rest under a tree; to rest in the shade of a tree

noun / ~する noun:

• reversing the order of (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; the tables being turned; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; mistaking the means for the end - four character idiom

noun:

• inspection of a completed facility (esp. of radio stations as required under Japanese law); completion inspection

noun:

• reduction in area of rice under cultivation

noun:

• the way of the world in our time; the frame of mind of the people nowadays - four character idiom

noun:

• the (fast) pace at which life passes, and thus the nearness of death; promptitude of the changes of the times - four character idiom

noun:

• ceremony on the fifth day of the 10th lunar month in which the emperor would watch prize archery (Heian and Kamakura periods)
• first firing of the bow (after the New Year or the reconstruction of the archery range (in military families))

expression:

• a fox is not taken twice in the same snare; there are no birds in last year's nest; there aren't always loach under the willow tree [literal] - obscure term

noun:

• dazaifu (under the ritsuryo system, governmental office with jurisdiction over Kyushu, Iki and Tsushima) ➜ 律令制

noun:

• secret accounts; unauthorized accounting; under-the-counter accounting

noun / ~する noun:

• paying cash-in-hand; paying under the table - colloquialism

noun:

• west wind in the early spring (traditionally on the night of the 20th day of the second month of the lunar calendar); wind that blows seashells ashore [literal]

noun:

• pascal (unit of pressure)
• PASCAL (language) - IT term
• Pascal (Blaise)

noun:

• steward in charge of the affairs of nobles of the third rank and higher (from the middle of the Heian period)
• administrative position (Kamakura and Muromachi periods) ➜ 政所

noun:

• survival of the fittest; the law of the jungle; the weak are meat the strong do eat [literal] - four character idiom

suffix noun:

• little less than; fewer than; under ➜ 小【こ】

noun:

• weakness; the weak

expression / ichidan verb:

• to tighten the reins; to bring (someone) under control

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be lonely at the top; to be left high and dry by one's friends; to have the ladder pulled out from under one [literal]

expression:

• in wine there is truth; being under the influence doesn't change our true character - proverb

expression:

• the beauties of nature as the key poetic theme; the central theme in composing poetry (haiku) must be the beauties of nature and the harmony that exist between nature and man. (The slogan of the Hototogisu School of modern Japanese haiku) - four character idiom ➜ 花鳥風月

noun:

• tuft of hair under temple; sideburns; sidelocks

noun:

• code name (of a product under development)

noun:

• code name (of a product under development)