noun:

• defeating a superior opponent

noun:

• cutting blade of a plane

expression:

• four days a week

noun / ~する noun:

• shout with a loud voice; fulminate; vociferate - four character idiom

noun:

• hard shell of a nut, etc.

noun:

• person who beheads somebody to end a seppuku ➜ 介錯
• assistant; helper

noun:

• a poker; fire iron used to rake ash

noun:

• dance where a female dancer dresses up as a man (late Heian to early Kamakura period)
• noh dance performed by a man without a mask

expression:

• in a word; to put it briefly; to make a long story short ➜ 早く言えば

godan ~む verb:

• to have a smoke

adverb:

• a little bit ➜ 些と
• a little while ➜ 些と

noun:

• a chat over tea

godan ~く verb:

• to be absorbed in a play

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make a person's blood run cold - idiom ➜ 寒からしめる

noun:

• water-filled bamboo tube which clacks against a stone when emptied; device for scaring birds from gardens ➜ 添水

noun:

• funeral service of a Japanese emperor

noun:

• dancing on a street corner

noun:

• robes of a judge or lawyer or priest

expression:

• something so difficult that one doesn't know if there's even a 1 in 1000 chance of success - obscure term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to perform a play

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to learn a lesson (usu. from an unpleasant experience); to be good for someone

noun:

• educational facility established in affiliation with a government agency

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to have a certain mood or feeling; to have a hunch

noun:

• chocolate given to a friend (on Valentine's day)

expression / noun:

• cursing ritual where one visits a shrine at 2 in the morning and nails a doll representing a person to a tree, praying for said person's death ➜ 丑の刻参り