noun:

• idol (esp. in the philosophy of Francis Bacon: idols of the tribe, cave, market, and theater) - From Latin "idola"

noun:

• triple pung; winning hand containing the same pung in each of the three suits - Mahjong term

noun:

• peasants chosen to carry the payment of a tax (in kind) to the capital (ritsuryo system) - archaism

noun:

• proportional representation system in which votes are cast for a publicly available list of party members or for individual members of that list

noun:

• Mikawa manzai; style of manzai originating in the Mikawa region in Aichi prefecture ➜ 万歳【まんざい】

noun:

• standard practice; playing by the book; established tactic; formula
• joseki (in go); standard sequence (esp. in a corner); standard move

noun:

• Ubume; birthing woman ghost in Japanese folklore
• woman in late pregnancy; woman on the point of giving birth ［産女・孕女］ - obscure term

noun / ~する noun:

• being reduced to poverty; living in poverty; coming down in the world; straitened (reduced) circumstances

noun / ~する noun:

• reduction in the number of vehicles, carriages, etc.; reduction in vehicle runs (bus, taxi, etc.) ➜ 増車

noun:

• black-dyed leather
• leather dyed in deep indigo
• edible mushroom in the Thelephoraceae family

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to put oneself in; to enter; to serve (e.g. in the army); to be enlisted

noun:

• badge (or keyring, etc.) used to inform others that the wearer is pregnant - From English "maternity mark"

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that

noun:

• nest (of boxes); nesting
• concealed information
• adopting a child after one's own has died; child adopted in this manner ［入れ子］
• cavity in an oar (fitted onto a peg as part of a traditional oarlock) ➜ 櫓杭

expression / noun / ~する noun:

• drinking like a fish and eat like a horse; eating mountains of food and drink oceans of liquor - four character idiom

expression:

• the principle of fluidity and immutability in haiku; Haiku is both "fluid and transitory" and "eternal and immutable."; An interchange between the transient and the immutable is central to the soul of haiku. (Basho) - four character idiom

adverbial noun / noun:

• in these times; in times like these; the season being what it is

noun:

• in these times; in times likes these; the season being what it is ➜ 時節柄

noun / ~する noun:

• increase in the number of vehicles, trains, etc.; increase in runs (bus, etc.) ➜ 減車

expression:

• thinking the sun shines out of someone's eyes; being the apple of one's eye; loving someone dearly - idiom

noun:

• first of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Mercury and north) ➜ 九星
• white patch on one foot of a horse; horse with such a patch
• surface (landscape) that is white all over; pure white

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• at one's sweet will; doing whatever one pleases; however one pleases

noun:

• taste (of a liquid, esp. alcoholic beverages) - usu. のみくち
• someone who enjoys alcohol
• place one's lips touch on the rim of a cup
• shape of one's mouth when drinking
• tap; faucet; spigot - usu. のみぐち

noun:

• (being in) the red; deficit Antonym: 黒字
• red letter; red writing
• corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red

noun / ~する noun:

• appreciation of the yen; strong yen; strengthening of the yen; high-valued yen; exchange in favor of the yen (favour)