noun:

• picking up a bowl with one's right hand which is already holding one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette) - obscure term

noun:

• flag with a red circle on a white background
• the Japanese flag ➜ 日章旗

noun:

• strip of paper featuring advertisements, wrapped around a book's jacket

noun:

• top of a pole

noun:

• feeling lost like a stray dog

expression:

• enjoying a long life is a matter for congratulation; cranes live for 1000 years, turtles live for 10,000 years [literal] - proverb

noun:

• arbor (arbour, bower) by a lake

noun:

• leaf, branch with leaves, or paper placed under a serving dish or offering

noun:

• miswriting a word; using the wrong kanji to write a word - four character idiom ➜ 魯魚の誤り【ろぎょのあやまり】

noun:

• noninclusion in a team; not being chosen to play - Sports term

noun:

• place for showering next to a tub

noun:

• stratagem for causing a rift in the enemy camp by using a seditious plot - four character idiom

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to go into a huddle

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make a sound

noun:

• flower placement in a hanging vessel

noun:

• results of a vote; voting results

noun:

• source of a hot spring

noun:

• sword with a stone pommel

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be appointed to a rank

noun:

• flowers reflected on a mirror and the moon reflected on the water's surface; something that is visible but having no substance; the subtle and profound beauty of poems that cannot be described in words - four character idiom

expression:

• based on a nation's people; popular base

noun:

• searching for a marriage partner; marriage hunting; activities leading to marriage, e.g. dating, courtship, etc.

godan ~る verb (irregular) / expression:

• to have a pulse; to be alive
• to have a chance; to be not altogether hopeless

noun:

• quilt coverlet for a kotatsu ➜ 炬燵

noun:

• telling a lie - slang ➜ 嘘っぱち