noun:

• preserving in sugar; food preserved in sugar

adverb:

• in case of; at that time; at this time

noun:

• incense which supposedly allows the spirit of a departed loved one to be seen in the smoke

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical

noun:

• wrestling performed in the presence of the empress or crown prince - Sumo term

expression:

• even if it means living in dire poverty; by all means

noun:

• 6th in a sequence denoted by the iroha system; 6th note in the diatonic scale (used in key names, etc.)

noun:

• soft-boiled egg marinated in soy and mirin - abbreviation ➜ 味付け玉子【あじつけたまご】

noun / ~する noun:

• all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration - four character idiom

expression / adverb:

• in the end; after all is said and done; at the striped mullet's ultimate maturity (when the striped mullet is fully grown) [literal] ➜ 鯔【とど】

noun / ~する noun:

• participating in something by merely following the leaders - four character idiom

noun:

• EIKEN Test in Practical English Proficiency; STEP test ➜ 英検【えいけん】

noun / ~の noun:

• initiative taken by bureaucrats in the drafting of government policies and bills (rather than by politicians) - four character idiom

noun:

• event where young men and women paint each others' cheeks with black ink or soot during Little New Year in the San'in region ➜ 小正月

noun / ~する noun:

• performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written - four character idiom
• doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution)
• put-up job; charade
• sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)

expression:

• while looking on in blank amazement; while gazing at it in shock ➜ あれよあれよ

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to call in; to invite; to bring in

noun:

• four-in-hand (type of necktie)

noun:

• highest ranking prostitute in Yoshiwara (from the Houreki era onward) ➜ 宝暦【ほうれき】

noun:

• cross in a circle

noun:

• scheme in which a man and woman trick another man into a compromising situation for blackmail; badger game

noun / ~する noun:

• bathing (swimming) in cold water

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to shut oneself up in one's study

noun:

• wedge marks in stone (usu. remaining from stone-splitting, now used for visual effect) - obscure term ➜ 矢【や】

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to take in; to attract