noun:

• narrow, long, and thin pieces of wood strung together that were used to write on in ancient times ➜ 竹簡

noun / ~する noun:

• in heaven; heavenly

noun:

• small gate in a mud or stone wall

~の noun / adverb:

• in tatters; in pieces; wiped out

noun:

• (season's) record holder in (for) the most strike-outs

~の noun / adjectival noun / noun:

• drenched in sweat ➜ 汗みずく【あせみずく】

expression / ichidan verb:

• to catch in the act (of) ➜ 現場【げんば】

noun:

• cramp in the calf ➜ こむら返り

expression / adjective:

• unparalleled in history (unparallelled)

noun:

• fiscal and monetary policies of Takahashi Korekiyo in the 1930s

noun:

• passage in a discourse; one section; one scene

noun / ~の noun:

• appearing in unexpected places and at unexpected moments; elusive; phantom - four character idiom

noun:

• ship in a bottle - From English "bottle ship"

noun:

• the nine principal points in a game of go

noun:

• welcome (beneficial) rain in a drought; realization of something eagerly looked for; a welcome relief - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• dropping medicine in the eyes

noun:

• merchant class culture that flourished in Edo during the Bunka-Bunsei period ➜ 文化文政時代

noun:

• dance originating in Kochi Prefecture using "naruko" - from 夜さり来い ➜ 鳴子

expression / godan ~る verb (irregular):

• to be in opposition; to be in private life

expression:

• starting something in the eleventh hour; have not thy cloak to make when it begins to rain; don't lock the stable door after the horse has been stolen; braiding the rope only after the thief is caught - proverb ➜ 泥縄【どろなわ】・泥縄式【どろなわしき】

expression / noun:

• fish in a pot about to be boiled; "person who is blissfully unaware of deadly danger" [figurative]

noun:

• study of plants, minerals, and animals for use in Chinese medicine; herbalism; pharmacognosy

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to eat something for the first time in the season

noun:

• written in red ink

ichidan verb:

• to put something in the wrong place; to misplace