noun:

• classical form of na-adjective inflection formed by contraction of the particle "ni" with the classical verb "ari" ("aru")

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be robbed of one's due; to have one's fried tofu snatched by a black kite [literal] ➜ 鳶

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:

• general policy speech; speech held by the Prime Minister of Japan at the start of a special or extraordinary Diet session

expression / adverb:

• by day and night; day and night; round the clock

noun:

• trial decision; decision by a court; judgment from a trial

godan ~く verb:

• to peek; to peek into - archaism ➜ 覗く
• to stop by; to visit - archaism ➜ 立ち寄る

expression / ichidan verb:

• to stand side by side; to stand in a row

expression / ichidan verb:

• to stand side by side; to stand in a row ➜ 軒を並べる

noun:

• sky; the air; the heavens
• weather
• far-off place; distant place
• state of mind; feeling - often as 〜空もない
• (from) memory; (by) heart - usu. as 空で
• falsehood; lie

prefix noun:

• somehow; vaguely - before an adjective
• fake - before a noun or a verb

noun / ~する noun:

• going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building)
• receiving a flood of critical comments on an online article, blog post, etc.

noun:

• inner thigh

noun / ~する noun:

• (walking) pigeon-toed; one's toes turned inward ［うちまた］
• uchimata (judo); throwing an opponent by putting one's leg between their legs ［うちまた］

noun:

• notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification ➜ 達し
• Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties ➜ 御触書

noun:

• women working in military brothels (esp. those forced into prostitution as a form of sexual slavery by the Japanese military during WWII); (campaign) comfort women [literal] - euphemism

noun:

• holding out one or both hands and arching one's body backward like a shrimp (in kabuki, represents being overwhelmed by someone's power)

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across

expression:

• evading blame for a transgression by pinning it on a subordinate and abandoning them; a skink lizard's shedding of its tail [literal] - idiom

noun:

• leading a group of people; someone who leads others into a song by singing the leading notes ➜ 音頭を取る【おんどをとる】
• workmen's songs; marching songs

noun:

• the right to sunshine; in zoning, the right to have sunlight falling on one's building not be obstructed by new buildings

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• not letting oneself puffed up by one's success; maintaining a serene state of mind when one has achieved a great success - archaism - four character idiom

noun:

• Nanking Incident (targeting of Nanking's foreign properties and residents by Kuomintang troops in March, 1927)
• Rape of Nanking (1937); Nanking Massacre ➜ 南京大虐殺

noun:

• Okuni kabuki; progenitor of modern kabuki, developed by Izumo Taisha shrine maiden Izumo no Okuni and popularized in Kyoto (early Edo period)

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 / ~する noun:

• going to serve one's lord

noun:

• daimyo's alternating Edo residence; official attendance service (by a daimyo in the Edo era) - abbreviation ➜ 参勤交代

noun:

• blue line
• area around a red-light district where illegal prostitution occurred (marked on police maps by a blue line) (1940s-1956) ➜ 青線地帯