noun:

• firing line; position where one is subject to questioning, criticism, etc. ➜ 矢面に立つ
• direction of a flying arrow (fired by the enemy) - orig. meaning

noun:

• revolution (change of dynasty) decreed by Heaven when the incumbent emperor is found lacking in moral virtue (old Chinese political thought) - four character idiom

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to unlock ［開ける］
• to open (for business, etc.) ［開ける］
• to empty; to remove; to make space; to make room - esp. 空ける
• to move out; to clear out - esp. 空ける
• to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily) - esp. 空ける

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to dawn; to grow light - esp. 明ける
• to end (of a period, season) - esp. 明ける
• to begin (of the New Year) - esp. 明ける
• to leave (one's schedule) open; to make time (for) - esp. 明ける
• to make (a hole); to open up (a hole)

suffix / ~の noun:

• -clad - after an article of clothing
• in the midst of - after a -masu stem - usually written using kana alone
• tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price) - after a number in the ichi, ni counting system
• times (i.e. multiplied by) - after a number in the hitotsu, futatsu counting system
• able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.) - after a number of people

~と adverb / noun:

• clap (sound of wooden clappers) - onomatopoeia ➜ ちょんちょん
• chop vigorously ➜ ちょん切る
• slight movement (e.g. poke, small bird alighting) ➜ ちょんちょん
• the end; originally end of a play, marked by clap of clappers ➜ ちょんになる

noun:

• dot (esp. typographical) ➜ ちょんちょん

expression / noun:

• the Four Freedoms (as defined by Franklin D. Roosevelt: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, freedom from fear)

noun:

• the sum of the length, width, and height of a package; length + width + height

noun:

• benefit and protection of the law; interests protected by law; legal benefit

noun:

• Self-Strengthening Movement; Westernization Movement; political reform movement in China during the late Qing dynasty

noun:

• railway crossing; railroad crossing; train crossing; level crossing
• starting line; scratch
• determination
• stepping over the edge of the ring - Sumo term

noun:

• dash at the beginning of a short-distance race - From English "start dash"
• charging ahead at full strength from the beginning

expression:

• the first sign of bad luck; the first bad omen ➜ けちをつける

noun:

• Hemiscyllium (genus of longtail carpet sharks in the family Hemiscylliidae with short snouts, nostrils at the tip, and elevated eyes and supraorbital ridges)

noun:

• background research; research into the period - four character idiom

noun:

• making a piece of clothing with the same cloth inside and out; making a kimono with lining of the same fabric - four character idiom

noun:

• this way; here ［こなた］ ➜ こちら
• the person in question; he; she; him; her ［こなた］
• since (a time in the past); prior to (a time in the future) ［こなた］

pronoun:

• me ［こなた］
• you

noun:

• nirmanakaya (response body, form taken by a buddha according to the capabilities of those who are to be saved) - Buddhism term ➜ 三身

noun:

• standing by at home (e.g. to prevent the spread of illness)
• being on furlough; being temporarily laid off

noun:

• sinking of the South Korean navy ship Cheonan (allegedly by a North Korean torpedo; Mar. 26, 2010)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of
• to lead by the hand

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to hear; to catch (the sound of something)
• to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to learn of (something)
• to get used to hearing

expression:

• early post war period; immediately after the war

noun:

• (Edo-period) summons

noun:

• Edo-period literature

noun:

• Edo period doll