noun / ~の noun:

• grilling on a skewer; spit-roasting

noun:

• on-the-spot broadcast

noun:

• soba and rice cooked together along with meat, vegetables, etc. on a metal plate

noun:

• line of spears held at the ready

noun:

• buildings on the east and west side of the southern pond (in traditional palatial-style architecture) ➜ 寝殿造り

noun:

• person who lives on the water

noun:

• lettering on the spine of a book

noun:

• having a crush on someone
• flushing

noun / ~の noun:

• (actor) relying on acting skills (rather than good looks, etc.)

noun / ~の noun:

• plant having four leaves on one stalk

noun:

• going on a pleasure jaunt - four character idiom

noun:

• handhold on an object which facilitates carrying

noun:

• falling on one's backside (behind, bottom); pratfall ➜ 尻餅をつく
• mochi used to celebrate a child's first birthday; mochi tied to a baby's back if he starts walking before his first birthday in order to cause him to fall on his backside

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• one's prosperity being on the rise; one's fortune reaching its culmination - four character idiom

noun:

• pressing the top of a pickle vat by hanging a weight on a staff, used as a lever (in Kyoto suguki pickle making) - obscure term

noun:

• sitting on the floor grasping one's knees (as in a gym class) ➜ 体育座り【たいいくずわり】

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to look on with arms folded

adverb / ~の noun:

• on board

noun / ~する noun:

• giving the Emperor advice on affairs of state; assistance; counsel

noun:

• inscription of a fantastic birdlike creature found on Yin and Zhou dynasty bronze ware, etc. - obscure term ➜ 文様

noun:

• Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons; Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

noun:

• loss on both sides

godan ~る verb:

• to do in place of or on behalf of (someone)

noun:

• pattern made from chrysanthemums with disordered petals, esp. used on family crests

noun:

• ko-on; ancient reading; reading of a kanji based on Zhou, Han and Wei dynasty Chinese