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.

particle:

• by (indicating means of action); as (a group, etc.) ➜ からして・として・にして・為る
• indicates patient of a causative expression - as 〜をして in modern Japanese
• acts as a connective - after the ren'youkei form of an adjective
• adds emphasis - after an adverb or a particle

conjunction:

• and then ➜ そして

noun:

• ceremony performed by a sorcerer to protect a noble setting out on a trip ➜ 禹歩
• dance steps inspired by this ceremony

noun:

• on-stage performance by musicians in a kabuki play
• shamisen accompaniment when a performer (esp. a rakugo story teller) appears on stage

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to handle well; to handle deftly
• to deal with; to manage; to settle; to sort; to process
• to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.); to cut and trim (fish)
• to sell out (completely); to dispose of (all stock)
• to untangle; to disentangle; to part; to arrange (e.g. the hem of a kimono)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be used up (e.g. one's savings); to dwindle away
• to be wasted (time, effort, etc.)

~する noun / adverb / ~と adverb:

• to be careless; to be inattentive; to be absentminded; to be slow - onomatopoeia

adjectival noun / ~する noun / adverb:

• long and disheveled (e.g. hair) (dishevelled) - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb:

• flaring up (fire); rising (e.g. steam) - onomatopoeia - archaism

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to play accompaniment; to keep time
• to cheer; to applaud
• to jeer; to mock; to banter

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• in confusion; in a fluster; in bewilderment; in a dither; in a panic; all shook up; helplessly - onomatopoeia
• sobbing; tearfully; trembling (voice) - onomatopoeia

expression:

• if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have

noun:

• crevice; crack; gap; opening; clearance
• spare moment; interval; break; pause; spare time
• chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness; carelessness

noun / adjectival noun:

• idle and incompetent; accomplishing nothing significant nor being capable of doing so; lacking the talent to do anything but idle away one's time - four character idiom

noun:

• time - Buddhism term - From Sanskrit "samaya"
• meeting; coming together - Buddhism term
• equality, warning, or riddance of hindrances (esp. in esoteric Buddhism as vows of the buddhas and bodhisattvas) - Buddhism term

expression:

• one cannot escape from one's worldly desires; the hounds of earthly desires would return each time they are driven away [literal] - proverb

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to measure; to weigh; to survey; to time (sound, gauge, estimate)
• to conjecture; to infer; to surmise

noun / ~の noun:

• class-A; A class; A grade

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to perform (a play); to play (a part); to act (a part); to commit (a blunder)

noun:

• viewing through a window; passing through a window; going through a window; doing through a window - usu. as 窓越しに

noun:

• chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce

noun:

• god of harvests and wealth (syncretized with Saraswati, and often taking the form of a heavenly woman, a white snake or a fox) - obscure term ➜ 宇賀神

noun:

• announcing meals (at a Zen monastery); meal announcer - Buddhism term
• noh mask resembling a young attendant who announces mealtimes in a Zen monastery

expression / ~くる verb (spec.):

• along comes a sucker just begging to be parted from his money; a duck comes carrying a Welsh onion on its back [literal] ➜ 鴨鍋

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to offer something to a deity or somebody's spirit
• to pay a tribute to a person who is about to depart

godan ~く verb:

• to dawdle; to waste time doing nothing in particular
• to fret; to sulk; to complain
• to rain on and off

noun:

• Act for Identification, etc. by Mobile Voice Communications Carriers of Their Subscribers, etc. and for Prevention of Improper Use of Mobile Voice Communications Services; Mobile Phone Improper Use Prevention Act - Law term