expression / noun:

• a man among the geese when the gander is away; a one-eyed king in the land of the blind; a bat in a village without birds [literal] - idiom

noun:

• children's lunch box of cooked rice and a Western-style side dish (popular late Meiji and Taisho periods)

noun:

• double-dealing; double tongue; going back on what one has said
• repeating oneself

expression:

• and so on; and so forth; et cetera; and such; and the like

noun / ~する noun:

• comment; criticism

temporal noun / adverbial noun:

• moment; a (short) time; a while
• former times ［ひととき］
• two-hour period - archaism

noun:

• flower arrangement in a built-up style
• placing salt by the entrance to one's establishment to bring good luck; such piles of salt ［もりばな］ ➜ 盛り塩
• seasonal peak of flowers ［せいか］

noun:

• Konaki Jijii (a ghost in Japanese folklore with the shape of a small old man and having a baby's cry)

noun:

• game in which children use a piece of charcoal on a string to create and lift up snowballs - archaism

lower nidan verb (archaic) / transitive:

• to give; to let one have; to do for one - archaism ➜ 呉れる

expression:

• behaving outrageously as though there were no one around; doing whatever one wants even though others may be watching - proverb ➜ 傍若無人【ぼうじゃくぶじん】

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to loosen; to slacken Antonym: 締める
• to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relieve (tension)
• to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions); to loosen (control)
• to reduce (speed); to slow down; to ease up
• to make more gradual (of a slope)

adjectival noun / noun:

• obedient; meek; docile; unaffected
• honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)

noun:

• growth; development
• one's early life; upbringing; personal history

noun:

• one's heart; the mind; inner feelings; inmost thoughts; true motives

noun / ~する noun:

• discontinuation (of business); closing down; giving up (one's practice); retiring

noun:

• over-optimistic calculation; counting one's chickens before they're hatched ➜ 取らぬ狸の皮算用

noun / ~する noun:

• diligent study; devoting oneself to one's studies

noun:

• clothing (e.g. kimono) decorated with one's family crest

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to hold one's breath (in fear, anxiety, etc.)

noun:

• the heavenly eye - Buddhism term ➜ 五眼
• rolling back one's eyes during convulsions ［てんがん］ - obscure term

noun / ~する noun:

• carelessness; careless mistake; blunder
• wetting one's pants

adjectival noun (achaic) / noun:

• crude; coarse - archaism

noun:

• coarse speech or writing; humble reference to one's own words

noun:

• foods abstained from in hopes of having one's desire granted

~の noun / noun:

• reserve; spare
• treasured; valued
• (ace) up one's sleeve; trump

noun / ~する noun:

• general review (e.g. of one's lessons); dress rehearsal