expression:

• there are no shortcuts in learning - proverb ➜ 王道

adverb:

• as in Europe and America

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to be covered in grass; to be grassy; to be verdant

noun:

• small opening in the side of some traditional Japanese clothing (located where the sleeve meets the bodice, below the armpit)

noun:

• poems inscribed beside the stone Buddha Foot monument at Yakushi Temple in Nara

noun:

• empathetically putting oneself in the place of a handicapped person - From English "cap handy"

godan ~る verb:

• to get one's knickers in a twist - slang - sensitive - From Korean "hwabyeong" ➜ 火病【ひびょう】

noun:

• once-in-a-lifetime encounter (hence should be cherished as such) - four character idiom

noun:

• woman peddler in Kyoto from Ohara (typically with a bundle of sticks, etc. on her head)

noun:

• movie in which ... has the starring role ➜ 主演作品

noun:

• system of land subdivision in ancient Japan

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to stand in (someone's) place; to be in a (certain) position ➜ 立場

noun:

• Akhal-Teke, a breed of horses originating in Turkmenistan

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to gather in large numbers (of people); to hang out (as a large group) - colloquialism ➜ 屯する【たむろする】
• to assemble (as a military unit or posse); to be quartered (in a particular location) - colloquialism ➜ 屯する【たむろする】

noun:

• festival game in which participants try to catch goldfish in a shallow paper ladle

expression:

• a fox is not taken twice in the same snare; there are no birds in last year's nest; there aren't always loach under the willow tree [literal]; good luck does not always repeat itself - proverb

noun:

• fruit of a cactus in genus Opuntia (incl. prickly pears and cholla); cactus pear

noun:

• night of the 15th day of the first month in the lunar calendar

noun:

• omission in a bill

noun:

• there being no use in arguing (about it); being stone-deaf to someone's appeals - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• slamming one's hand into the wall in front of somebody (e.g. to stop them from leaving; often viewed as romantic) - slang
• banging on the wall (e.g. to quieten one's neighbour) - colloquialism

ichidan verb:

• to bury something in the ground
• to cover coals with ash; to bank a fire

noun:

• meal (esp. dinner) served in one's room (at a ryokan) ➜ 旅館

noun:

• red lacquerware with patterns carved in relief

noun:

• vienna sausage cut in the shape of an octopus