noun:

• a cherished hope

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to write a novel

noun:

• having a samurai's spirit and a merchant's business sense - four character idiom

noun:

• body of a snake; serpentine

noun / ~する noun:

• continued staging of a play or show

noun:

• end of a road; end of a street

suffix:

• indicates storeys, structures, or materials used in a building
• indicates denomination (after a currency)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to draw a line

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to fight off a virus
• to screen out computer viruses - IT term

noun:

• bow of a ship ➜ 舳先

noun:

• right of management

noun:

• a blooming cut flower; glorious death

noun:

• roofed mud wall around a villa or temple ➜ 築地【ついじ】

noun / ~する noun:

• giving a loud pep talk; encouraging (somebody) strongly in a loud voice - four character idiom

noun:

• the Japanese reading of a kanji

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to have a certain mood or feeling; to have a hunch - more emphatic than 気がする

noun:

• origin of a character
• composition of a Chinese character
• Chinese character from which a kana character is derived

noun:

• (taxation) a specific duty

noun:

• going through a cave, grass ring or the interior of a large Buddhistic statue, etc. (symbolizing rebirth)
• narrow grotto (into which a person can barely fit)

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to point to a direction

noun:

• smartphone with features of a typical Japanese feature phone - from ガラケー and スマホ

expression:

• How can a small bird (a sparrow, a petty person) understand the aspirations of a great bird (a phoenix); Only a hero can understand a hero - four character idiom

noun:

• opening hours of a gallery

noun:

• place containing a Buddhist image
• place containing a buddha (e.g. the pure land) ➜ 極楽・浄土
• independent workshop of Buddhist sculptors (from the Heian period onward) ➜ 造仏所

expression:

• to rule a country requires many great men; an expensive fur coat will not be made with a single fox [literal] - proverb