expression:

• variation of "arimasu" used by the prostitutes of the Yoshiwara red light district in the Edo period

noun:

• person of extensive learning; well-read person; polymath

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to be put in order; to be put to rights
• to be disposed of; to be solved
• to be finished
• to be married (off) - also written as 嫁く

expression:

• fools rush in where angels fear to tread; the blind don't fear snakes [literal] - sensitive - proverb

noun:

• Lorelei (Loreley); Rhine maiden who lured sailors to their doom
• rock in the Rhine

expression:

• cream rises to the top; a drill in a bag (will always poke through) [literal] - proverb

expression / adverb:

• far away in the distance; in the far distance

expression / adverb:

• as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly

noun:

• arrow with feathers that curve to the right (the second of two arrows to be fired) ➜ 甲矢

noun:

• carpal (any of the bones of the carpus in the wrist)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down
• to form (of frost)
• to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in
• to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.); to come; to arrive

noun:

• building for observing horse racing, horseback archery, etc. (sometimes specifically that used by the emperor on the greater palace grounds) - archaism ➜ 武徳殿

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to insert
• to interrupt; to slip in a word
• to harbor (e.g. doubts); to harbour; to entertain (e.g. a theory)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to anger; to displease; to offend
• to square (one's shoulders); to make stern (e.g. eyes); to raise (one's voice) in anger

adjectival noun / noun:

• now; "in"; trendy ［ナウ］ - From English "now"

suffix noun:

• in the middle of doing...; currently... - esp. in status updates in social media - slang

noun:

• in the capital; in Tokyo

noun / ~する noun:

• in prison; in the military

noun:

• off and on manner; intermittent style; dragging on and on - often 五月雨式に - four character idiom ➜ 五月雨【さみだれ】

noun:

• accent (on a syllable, word); stress; pitch accent
• intonation; inflection; cadence
• (language) accent (e.g. American, British)
• accent (e.g. in a design); highlight; emphasis
• accent (on a note) - Music term

noun:

• young men who are not competitive as in the traditional male stereotype, including in the avid pursuit of money and sex, and who may also be kind, co-operative and family-oriented - abbreviation ➜ 草食系男子
• men who pretend they aren't interested in women; spineless males; men with no balls - abbreviation - slang

noun:

• in calligraphy, a style of holding the brush between the thumb and the index and middle fingers ➜ 単鉤法

expression:

• variant of "de arimasu" used by the prostitutes of the Yoshiwara red light district in the Edo period ➜ ありんす

noun:

• groove in a shamisen player's fingernail caused by the friction of the string of the instrument ➜ 糸道【いとみち】

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be stormy; to be rough
• to be ruined; to fall into ruin
• to be in a bad temper; to lose one's temper

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour)
• to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale; to pale