noun:

• children's game in which a wooden stick driven into the ground is dislodged by sticks thrown at it ➜ 根っ木

noun:

• winning hand with at least one terminal tile in each set and no honor tiles - Mahjong term

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to throw at; to turn; to raise

noun:

• angle at the circumference; circumferential angle; inscribed angle - Mathematics term

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to aim at
• to be after (something); to have an eye on

ichidan verb:

• to be at a loss how to continue; to become disheartened

noun:

• tea container (usually for thick tea used at the tea ceremony)

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at

adverb:

• bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); roaring; whooping - onomatopoeia
• in a rush; in a surge; flooding in; pouring in - onomatopoeia
• suddenly; all of a sudden - onomatopoeia

expression:

• until then; till then; up to that time
• to that extent
• the end of it; all there is to it

expression:

• Suspicion will raise bogies; Once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; Jumping at shadows - abbreviation - four character idiom ➜ 疑心暗鬼を生ず

adjectival noun / noun:

• having one's hands full; not having any room to do more; at the limit

ichidan verb:

• to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain in the same neighborhood

noun:

• homosexual prostitute who sold favors at banquets, etc. (late Edo) - archaism ➜ 若衆【わかしゅ】
• actor-in-training in kabuki - archaism

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• keeping calm and collected at times of disappoinment; maintaining a serene state of mind in adversity - archaism - four character idiom

noun:

• summer purification rites (held at shrines on the last day of the 6th lunar month) ➜ 夏越しの祓

noun:

• hot water (esp. cold mineral spring water heated up at the right temperature for bathing)

~の noun / noun:

• unpromoted (piece) - Shōgi term

noun:

• limit orders that become market orders at the closing auction if not already executed

noun:

• points paid and received at the end of a game of mahjong based on position (rank) - Mahjong term

expression:

• no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after - after past tense verb ➜ かと思うと
• at the thought of; when I think about ➜ かと思うと

noun:

• single chopstick stuck upright into the bowl of rice offered to the deceased at their funeral

expression:

• no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after - after past tense verb
• at the thought of; when I think about

expression:

• no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after - after past tense verb ➜ かと思うと
• at the thought of; when I think about ➜ かと思うと

noun / ~の noun:

• full of wiles and tricks; match between persons equal in shrewdness mobilizing all the tricks each can muster; shrewdly avoiding the opponent's strong points and attacking its weaknesses - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to put all one's skill (into doing something); to do something to the best of one's ability