expression:

• in evil, there is odds; there is more evil than good in this world; one good thing tends to cause many bad things to happen - four character idiom

noun:

• game in which people sit in a circle taking turns to imitate the previous person's humorous facial expression or gesture

noun:

• eat-in-kitchen; combination kitchen-dining room - short for dining room, kitchen - abbreviation ➜ ダイニングキッチン
• dropkick (rugby) - abbreviation - Sports term ➜ ドロップキック

noun:

• (historic) a temple in which women seeking release from marriage could take refuge

noun:

• mochi made in winter

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 / ~する noun:

• agitating other players in a multiplayer or online game by rapidly moving one's avatar left and right - abbr. of シャア専用ゲルググのダンス - slang

noun / ~する noun:

• selling in quantity

noun:

• paper weight in grams per square metre

noun:

• just-in-time inventory management; JIT

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in

noun / ~する noun:

• sending in secret

noun:

• stage left (on a noh stage), in front of the chorus ➜ 地謡座

noun:

• standard measurement for the distance between pillars in eastern Japan (approx. 182 cm) ➜ 京間
• Kanto-size tatami mat (approx. 176 cm by 88 cm) ➜ 京間

noun:

• small shrine in a thicket ➜ 祠【ほこら】

expression:

• in a subdued voice

noun:

• kabuki in the style of Kyoto or Osaka ➜ 上方狂言

expression / godan ~ぐ verb:

• to pitch in and help

noun / ~する noun:

• secluding oneself in the mountains; undertaking ascetic practices at a mountain temple
• retreat; off-site meeting

noun:

• using multiple simple paper masks to represent different emotions in a play (from the middle of the Edo period) ➜ 百面相
• simple paper mask ➜ 目鬘

noun:

• drums sounded in the morning to draw the crowds to a match - Sumo term

noun:

• living in a housing complex

expression:

• taking pride in one's humility is a form of bragging; he that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted; too much humility is pride - proverb

expression / ichidan verb:

• to enter in an account book

noun:

• 1st in a sequence denoted by the iroha system; 1st note in the diatonic scale (used in key names, etc.)