expression:

• now rejoicing, now worrying; swinging from joy to sorrow; glad and sad by turns; alternating hope and fear; unable to put one's mind at ease - four character idiom

noun:

• door-to-door manzai; form of comedy orig. performed at people's homes by entertainers during the New Year festivities; precursor to modern day manzai ➜ 漫才

adverb:

• at the long end (e.g. hold); on the long side (e.g. cut) ➜ 長め

expression:

• red sky at night, shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning - proverb

expression / noun:

• rain falling on cherry blossoms; rain at the time of the blossoming of cherry trees

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be really good (at something); to be as good as a professional - slang

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to be puzzled; to be perplexed; to have doubts; to feel lost; to be at sea

noun / ~する noun:

• dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip
• going the long way round; making a detour

ichidan verb:

• to be at a loss; to think and think but get nowhere; to fail to come up with a good idea

noun:

• making great haste, having been caught off guard; scurrying unprepared
• rushing to an emergency with sword in hand, not having had time to affix it at the waist

expression:

• but he has to be handsome; that said, only if he's a looker; phrase poking fun at people describing their ideal male partner, as a postscript - humorous term

noun / ~する noun:

• crowning a boy for the first time at a coming-of-age ceremony - archaism ➜ 元服

noun:

• noh cap with a rolled or drooping tail (indicative of nobility) ［ういかんむり］ ➜ 巻纓・垂纓

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to stir; to mix ➜ 掻き混ぜる
• to banter; to make fun of (what a person says); to stir up; to jeer at; to interfere (when one talks)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to stir; to mix ➜ 混ぜ返す
• to banter; to make fun of (what a person says); to stir up; to jeer at; to interfere (when one talks) ➜ 混ぜ返す

noun / ~する noun:

• opening a port (seaport, airport, etc.); starting operations at a port
• opening a port to foreign vessels or trade

noun / ~する noun:

• overlooking; looking down at; having an overhead view; having a bird's-eye view; having a high-angle view

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be struck by lightning
• to be yelled at (by someone of higher status); to be scolded harshly - idiom

noun:

• outer two ribs of a folding fan (i.e. the thick ribs, one at each end)
• outer frame of a lattice door

noun:

• type of alloy of copper and zinc (brass) with zinc at about 33-67% used to solder metals like copper and iron

noun:

• room behind the curtain of a noh stage, where the actors prepare; greenroom (noh); mirror room [literal]
• hall of mirrors (at Versailles)

noun:

• Zebrasoma (genus of 7 species of marine tang in the family Acanthuridae with pointed snouts and forward facing spines at the base of the tail)

noun:

• Zebrasoma (genus of 7 species of marine tang in the family Acanthuridae with pointed snouts and forward facing spines at the base of the tail) ➜ ヒレナガハギ属【ヒレナガハギぞく】

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to support; to prop; to sustain; to underlay; to hold up; to defend
• to hold at bay; to stem; to check

expression:

• very early in the morning; so early in the morning; at this ungodly hour

noun / ~の noun:

• at one's feet; underfoot; one's step (as in "watch your step")

noun:

• gait; pace; step

~の noun:

• most recent; current

pronoun:

• you; thou