noun:

• poetry composed on a set theme

noun:

• testing on a living person

noun:

• stage prop in kabuki, consisting of a revolving panel with a life-size doll on each side
• rapid change in a situation, person's attitude, etc.

adverb:

• with a grin

expression / ichidan verb:

• to fasten a button

noun:

• mochi used for the celebration of a child's fiftieth day ➜ 五十日の祝

expression / ichidan verb:

• to entrap a person

noun:

• hiring a number of geisha for an entertainment

noun:

• room connecting the two main rooms of a building; intermediate room

noun:

• (in P2P networks) a program that monitors (and adjusts) activity of a P2P program - colloquialism - IT term ➜ モニター

noun:

• testimony of a witness

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to cover up and make a show

noun:

• quality of a product ➜ 品柄
• feel of goods (taste, style)

noun:

• tipping a wheelchair back (e.g. to negotiate stairs)

noun:

• tea rolled by hand over a dryer (old production method); hand-rolled tea

noun:

• stroll garden with a central pond; large garden best enjoyed by walking around it ➜ 座観式庭園・池泉回遊式

noun:

• taking a story with a grain of salt; hearing only half the story

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to set a deadline; to fix a time limit ➜ 切る【きる】

noun:

• woman with a wonderful personality - four character idiom

noun:

• fiftieth day after the birth of a child
• fifty days

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be treated to a meal; to be given a meal

noun:

• votive tablet depicting a math puzzle given in devotion to a shrine or temple by a wasan mathematician ➜ 和算【わさん】

noun / ~する noun:

• gather a group together

adverbial noun / ~の noun:

• a cut above the rest; superior; respectable; full-fledged; something uncommon
• one field; one matter

adverb:

• suitably; reasonably

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to lose a quarrel; to lose an argument; to be talked down