noun:

• word for word; verbatim; a single word and a single phrase

expression:

• in proportion (to)

expression / godan ~ぶ verb:

• to cry loudly for a reform; to clamour for change ➜ 叫ぶ【さけぶ】

noun / ~の noun:

• daughter-in-law and mother-in-law (relationship, conflict, etc.)

noun:

• low-class prostitute who was kept in a sort of cage at the front of the establishment (Edo period)

noun:

• reproving for a fault

noun:

• one who offers prayer in place of another

expression:

• standing on one's feet for a long time

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to go up in smoke; to burn down; to be cremated; to vanish into thin air

noun:

• taking a lead in (doing); setting an example of (doing) - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• cutting in line; queue jumping

noun:

• father-in-law (of a woman) - archaism
• grandfather

noun:

• high-ranking staff member in the Office of Court Ladies (ritsuryo system) - archaism

suffix:

• indicates storeys, structures, or materials used in a building
• indicates denomination (after a currency)

noun:

• basking in the sun ➜ 日向ぼっこ

noun:

• cheese for melting; melting cheese ➜ 蕩ける【とろける】

noun:

• license plate for registered vehicles (i.e. compact car or larger) ➜ 車両番号標

noun:

• steward in charge of the affairs of nobles of the third rank and higher (from the middle of the Heian period)
• administrative position (Kamakura and Muromachi periods) ➜ 政所

expression / noun:

• care for patients with bedpans, urinary bottles, etc.

noun:

• box set

expression:

• nowhere in sight; seems to be no prospect; up in the air - usu. as ～のめどが立たず, etc. ➜ めどが立つ【めどがたつ】・めどが立たない

suffix:

• in magazines like ...

noun:

• medieval trade guild specialized in perilla oil

noun:

• event where schoolchildren wash their inkstones, brushes and desks the night before Tanabata to pray for success in their studies - obscure term ➜ 七夕

noun:

• win by discarding nothing but terminal and honor tiles in an otherwise drawn round - Mahjong term