noun:

• hard lump under the skin (e.g. adipous tumor, lymph node tumor, etc.)

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• grinding against; pressing or rubbing with turning movements (e.g. someone's shoulders with one's elbow) - onomatopoeia
• rolling one's eyes; goggling one's eyes; googly eyes
• rattling sound

noun:

• gilding the lily; adding redundant things - four character idiom ➜ 屋上屋を架す

noun:

• hair parted in the middle

noun:

• exact center of the Garbhadhatu mandala - obscure term
• platform upon which the fire is lit in a stone lantern

noun:

• winning the hearts of the people; capturing public sentiment - four character idiom

noun:

• in the clouds

noun:

• the "wa" column of the Japanese syllabary table (wa, wi, we, wo)

noun:

• category of noh plays who depict a tengu as the leading character; goblin piece ➜ 能・天狗

noun:

• waiting for one tile to finish one's pair and one's hand while the rest of one's hand is exposed; waiting for half of one's pair with four melds exposed - Mahjong term ➜ 単騎待ち【たんきまち】

noun:

• measurement round the hips

noun:

• jack-in-the-box; jack-in-a-box

expression:

• a word from the wise

expression / ichidan verb:

• to violate the law; to have a brush with the law; to have a run-in with the law

suffix:

• the n-th generation head of a family ➜ 代【だい】・当主

noun:

• the Russian capital (i.e. Moscow)

noun:

• killing an enemy soldier before the start of a battle to raise spirits; blood offering
• killing violently; bloodbath; victimizing

ichidan verb:

• to serve at the same time

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to let cooked rice steam after turning off the heat

noun:

• Minister of the Interior (669-1868 CE); Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (1885-1945 CE) - archaism ➜ 内大臣

noun / ~する noun:

• suddenly turning for the worse; sudden deterioration - four character idiom

noun:

• the recovery of lost territory; recovering (regaining) lost ground (one's former position); fence-mending - four character idiom

expression:

• following the desires of one's own heart without transgressing what is right - from the Analects of Confucius - proverb

noun:

• dying of the little twigs and branches

adjectival noun:

• of the old feeling of naniwa-bushi; marked by the dual themes of obligation and compassion that distinguish the naniwa-bushi ballads ➜ 浪花節

noun:

• year of the sheep