noun / ~する noun:

• taking command of a corps in a battle; command exercised by the leader of a group - four character idiom

expression:

• a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush - proverb

noun / ~の noun:

• in the mountains; within the grounds of a temple

noun:

• benefit in kind

noun:

• canoe, etc. in very clear water (illusion of flying)

pronoun:

• Flying Canoe (Canadian folk-tale)

noun:

• amount in controversy - Law term

noun:

• Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ➜ ノーベル生理学医学賞

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to engrave in one's heart; to inscribe on one's bones [literal] - idiom

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to set somebody to work in an arrogant fashion; to push somebody around; to indicate someone by pointing one's chin [literal] ➜ あごで使う

noun:

• behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; 2nd year of junior high sickness [literal] - slang - humorous term

~と adverb / adverb:

• in large quantities - onomatopoeia

~の noun:

• in process; during execution; runtime

noun:

• training method in sports, etc. where one imagines how a scenario would play out; mental rehearsal; mental preparation; visualization (for practicing a skill in one's mind)(practising); practicing under simulated conditions (e.g. while watching a video); mental dry run - From English "image training"

noun:

• light shower on a night in late autumn and early winter - four character idiom

noun:

• direct light, in photography ➜ 逆光

noun:

• payment in advance

expression / ichidan ~ずる verb (alt. form of じる verbs):

• to engrave in one's heart - idiom

noun:

• year in which an imperial memorial ceremony is held (the 3rd, 5th, 10th 20th, 50th & 100th years after death and every 100 years thereafter) ➜ 式年祭

noun:

• small, thin fabric belt worn over the kimono and under the obi in order to protect the fabric

noun:

• pasturing cattle in summer and feeding them indoors during winter; rotated grazing - four character idiom ➜ 夏山冬里方式

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be in luck's way; to get lucky

noun:

• prostitution in which services are provided by several women in rotation (esp. in "pink salons") ➜ ピンクサロン

noun:

• ancient Japanese coinage first minted in 760 CE

noun:

• in the middle of a line

noun:

• court ladies of the middle rank serving in the inner palace (Heian period)
• female servant for a samurai family
• lady-in-waiting working in the inner palace of the Edo castle (Edo period)