noun:

• wrapping something in a bamboo mat
• wrapping somebody in a bamboo mat and throwing him in a river (Edo period unofficial punishment)

noun:

• old lady; ma'am - vocative; usu. used with suffix さん or 様 - familiar language

conjunction:

• in the meantime; meanwhile

noun:

• student waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination ➜ 浪人

noun:

• Japanese sweets in the form of long blocks (e.g. yokan, uiro)

~と adverb / adverb:

• quickly, in a bouncing way (e.g. for a bow) - onomatopoeia

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to shut in; to lock in

expression / adjective:

• severe in marking

noun:

• contained in a letter

godan ~く verb:

• to do something in public
• to open

noun:

• jointly held concession in China (e.g. Shanghai International Settlement) - obscure term ➜ 共同租界

noun:

• in calligraphy, a style of holding the brush between the thumb and the index and middle fingers ➜ 単鉤法

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• very much out in the open (as in a information)

ichidan verb:

• to agree in advance

noun:

• the scenery being beautiful in both sunny and rainy weather - four character idiom

noun:

• non-intervention in the domestic affairs of another nation

noun:

• living apart in the same house; separate lives under the same roof

noun:

• in calligraphy, a triangular stroke going from upper left to lower right

noun:

• revue dance performed in a line; line dance

noun:

• sickness incurred in line of duty

adjectival noun / noun:

• throwing one's weight around in a small group without knowing one's real worth in a larger world outside; being a big fish in a small pond - four character idiom

noun:

• 34 (originally 33) sacred places in and around Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture ➜ 三十三所

noun / ~の noun:

• payment in kind

expression / adverb:

• fighting in vain

noun:

• shrine listed in the Engi-Shiki ➜ 延喜式【えんぎしき】