adverb / ~と adverb:

• scrape-scrape; (with a) scraping sound - onomatopoeia

noun:

• someone who has a title but no real duty; useless person ➜ 取り巻き
• actor playing a daimyo who merely sets the scene as part of the background (in kabuki) - original meaning ➜ 大名

noun:

• gobang (game played on go board involving lining up stones); gomoku; Five in a Row

noun:

• central black dot on a go board
• Tengen era (978.11.29-983.4.15)

expression:

• a curse will rebound on yourself as well; curses, like chickens, come home to roost - proverb

noun:

• tool which is attached to something (e.g. fire extinguisher on a boat); accessory; appliance

noun:

• body set on fire from head to foot (like a daruma doll being ritually incinerated)

expression:

• availing myself of your kind offer; taking you at your word

noun:

• God's word; word of God ［みことば］

noun:

• teapot-like object made typically of lacquerware and used to pour hot and cold liquids
• basin of water with two handles on either side used for washing one's face or hands ➜ 盥

noun:

• person with a criminal record; violent criminal

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to fence in; to surround with a wall

noun:

• being in a towering rage; boiling with rage - four character idiom

noun:

• deep dish; dish with a high rim; tureen

~の noun / noun:

• totally at a loss; lose one's bearings; in a maze; in a fog; all at sea; up in the air; mystified; bewildered - four character idiom

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to be evasive; to give an evasive answer
• to speak ambiguously; to prevaricate
• to cook up a specious story to get out of an uncomfortable situation
• to make do with

noun:

• Eiroku-period swordsmithing school, named for a place in the old Higo province
• sword of the Dotanuki school, usually thicker and heavier than regular Japanese swords
• in fiction, a heavier variant of Japanese sword

noun:

• servant (esp. a samurai's attendant)
• chivalrous man (c. Edo period)
• cubed tofu (often served cold) - abbreviation ➜ 奴豆腐
• kite shaped like a footman - abbreviation ➜ 奴凧
• Edo-period hairstyle worn by samurai's attendants - abbreviation ➜ 奴頭
• enslavement (of a woman; Edo-period punishment for her own or her husband's crime)

pronoun:

• he; she; him; her - archaism - derogatory term

expression:

• one cannot shake the will of even the lowliest man; a person's will should be respected; even a menial deserves his convictions - proverb

noun:

• compulsory adherence to a party decision; restrictions on party debate - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• measuring weight; weighing
• maximum weight (on a scales) ［ひょうりょう］

expression / noun:

• star seen on a rainy night; "rare occurrence" [figurative]; "rare sight" [figurative] ➜ 雨夜

expression / ichidan verb:

• to agree on the principle; to firmly establish a policy

noun:

• taking on cargo; loading (e.g. a ship); cargo; shipment

noun:

• primary colour; primary color
• pure color; unmixed color; striking color
• original color (of a painting, etc. as opposed to a reproduction)

noun:

• distinguishing oneself; standing out; top of the head