noun:

• song sung by children during the New Year's bird-driving procession (later adopted by door-to-door musicians) ➜ 鳥追い【とりおい】・門付歌

noun:

• one's talent and virtue; noble character

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to hang one's head

noun:

• Buddha's Birthday (8th day of the 4th lunar month)

noun:

• women's liberation - abbreviation

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to place one's arms under those of the opponent and lift them up, in order to prevent an overhand grip on one's mawashi - Sumo term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to shorten one's life

noun:

• one's superior; senior; elder

noun:

• amateur's skill or performance

noun:

• one's view (opinion) of men

noun:

• being too beautiful or talented for one's own good

noun:

• Rainford's butterflyfish (Chaetodon rainfordi)

noun:

• someone from outside one's own province (China) ➜ 本省人
• someone who moved to Taiwan from the continent after WWII ➜ 本省人

noun:

• wrestler's favourite (favorite) grip on the belt - Sumo term

noun:

• People's Army

noun:

• humorous mask of a homely woman's face (characterized by a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks)

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to increase one's savings

expression / noun:

• in front of one's eyes; just nearby; within a stone's throw ➜ 目と鼻の先【めとはなのさき】

noun:

• Children's Day (national holiday; May 5th)

noun / adjectival noun:

• being faithful to one's principles; being of firm purpose and deep commitment; constancy; true blue - four character idiom

noun:

• talking about one's misfortunes; tales of one's misfortunes - colloquialism

expression:

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

noun / ~する noun:

• fighting with all one's might; fighting up against; making strenuous efforts - four character idiom

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to eat to one's hearts content; to drum the belly

expression / ichidan verb:

• to turn one's back (on the enemy)