noun:

• (in China) 7th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. G sharp) ➜ 十二律・鳧鐘
• fifth lunar month

noun:

• wooden board used on the ridge-ends of a roof instead of an onigawara tile (sometimes covered in copper sheeting) ➜ 鬼瓦

noun:

• person collapsed and dying (dead) in the street

noun:

• the other side of a river
• the other side of the tracks; place where lower class people live - sensitive

noun:

• narrow escape from the jaws of death - four character idiom
• there being barely a chance of escaping death

noun:

• the inner life

noun:

• the Seven Misfortunes and Eight Pains - four character idiom - Buddhism term
• a series of disasters

expression:

• the world is a scene of constant changes; the blue sea turns into a mulberry field [literal] - four character idiom

noun:

• ozeki wrestler's attempt to reach the rank of yokozuna; being eligible for promotion to yokozuna - Sumo term ➜ 横綱【よこづな】・大関【おおぜき】

noun:

• the grass; grassy place (esp. with long dense grass)

noun:

• alignment with the Western powers of America and Europe

expression:

• if everyone crosses against the red light, then there's nothing to be afraid of; there's no reason to feel guilty about doing something bad if everyone does it - proverb

noun:

• the right to sunshine; in zoning, the right to have sunlight falling on one's building not be obstructed by new buildings

suffix:

• the Nth time - after a number N

noun:

• by the window

noun:

• kagura performance held somewhere other than the imperial palace ➜ 御神楽

noun:

• booth or stall set up on the sidewalk in front of a shop or home (esp. food booths at festivals) - Kansai dialect ➜ 床店【とこみせ】・出店【でみせ】

noun:

• civil service competitive examination for some positions in the public education system in France - From French "agregation"

noun:

• the side

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to round off the corners

noun:

• the part of the fruit from which the flower has dropped

noun:

• obi that is not tied but merely wrapped around the body

noun:

• Forgive me for dispensing with the preliminaries, but I hasten to inform you that... - opening formula of a brief letter

noun:

• place that is cool in the summer; place one goes to escape the heat of summer; summer retreat ➜ 避暑

noun:

• (one's) handling of the reins; how well one controls things