noun:

• guard house in a samurai style house (Kamakura period) ➜ 武家造

noun:

• ceremony for moving a deity to a new site - Shintō term ➜ 遷座【せんざ】・遷宮祭【せんぐうさい】

noun:

• a water level

noun:

• someone whose kanji-writing ability has suffered due to overreliance on the kana-to-kanji conversion systems used to input Japanese text on a computer - IT term

expression:

• when kids get in a fight, their parents come to their aid; yelping curs will raise mastiffs - proverb

noun:

• a blank mind

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to butt into a conversation (from someone uninvolved)

noun:

• half a year

expression:

• children are a bond between husband and wife; children hold marriages together - proverb

expression / ichidan verb:

• to take a seat; to sit
• to occupy a position (e.g. committee president)

noun:

• fever following a chill

noun:

• buying a replacement; replacing by buying something new

noun:

• simulation of a person

noun:

• (one of) a comic duo

noun:

• covering used to wrap a baby

noun / ~する noun:

• rough sketch used as a guideline for a picture ➜ 下書き

noun:

• along a mountain

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to distract a person's attention

noun / ~する noun:

• gaining admission into a school in a school district other than one's own - four character idiom

noun:

• sandwich filled with a fried cake of layered slices of ham - Food term ➜ ハムカツ

noun:

• meat around the eyes of a fish

expression:

• if a man hears the Way in the morning, he may die in the evening without regret - from a quote by Confucius - proverb

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to take candy from a baby; to accomplish something with ease; to twist a baby's arm [literal] - obscure term - idiom ➜ 赤子の手をひねる

expression:

• even a homely girl looks beautiful at the peak of her youth; even coarse tea tastes good when freshly-brewed [literal] - abbreviation ➜ 鬼も十八番茶も出花

expression / ichidan verb:

• to employ the right person; to choose somebody with the right qualities