expression:

• used to create a rhetorical question indicating that the speaker actually believes the opposite is true; emphasizes a determination not to do something by means of a rhetorical question - female language ➜ ものか

expression:

• (villains) of the same stripe; birds of a feather; badgers of the same hole [literal] - idiom

noun:

• times and situations; the course of events of the times; a turn of Fortune's wheel - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it

noun:

• nine gates; winning hand composed of 1-1-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-9-9 of the same suit plus one additional tile of the same suit - Mahjong term

expression / ~する verb (spec.):

• going against one's will; contrary to one's intentions; going against one's desire; going contrary to one's wishes

noun:

• compound ideograph (one of the six kanji classifications); kanji made up of meaningful parts (e.g. "mountain pass" is up + down + mountain)

noun:

• being jealous of things that have nothing to do with one; being jealous of others who are in love with each other - four character idiom

noun:

• protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story)
• head of household

noun:

• edge (of a knife or sword)
• prong (of an electrical plug)

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• raising the curtain Antonym: 閉幕【へいまく】

noun / ~する noun:

• opening (of an event); start of a season Antonym: 閉幕【へいまく】

noun / ~する noun:

• requital of a favour (favor); repayment (of an obligation, kindness, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• repayment; settlement (of a debt); paying off; reimbursement (of expenses)

noun / ~の noun:

• origin of an illness; cause of a disease; pathogenesis; etiology

noun:

• impression of a seal over the joint of two papers; tally

noun / ~する noun:

• implementation (e.g. of a feature); installation (of equipment); mounting; packaging

noun:

• a great variety of; all sorts or kinds of; multifarious - four character idiom

noun:

• font of purifying water placed at the entrance of a shrine

noun / ~する noun:

• vertical shaking (of an earthquake) ➜ 横揺れ
• pitching (of a boat, aircraft, etc.)

noun:

• the smoke of guns and a rain of bullets or shells - four character idiom

noun:

• daybreak sound of a crow
• (name of) poetry anthology

noun:

• celebration of the completion of a temple or shrine's construction

noun:

• time of receipt (of a package, etc. by the post office)

noun / ~する noun:

• act of joining a crowd or assembly of people; attendance

noun:

• chrysalis of a swallowtail butterfly (esp. of species Atrophaneura alcinous) - colloquialism ➜ 麝香揚羽【じゃこうあげは】