noun:

• lady-in-waiting

expression:

• to be in a state of confusion

noun / ~する noun:

• getting something for nothing

noun:

• killing a passerby in order to test a new sword

noun:

• quality of material for assisting arousal during masturbation - from シコる and クオリティ - manga slang ➜ お菜【おかず】

noun:

• room arranged for the summer (by removing screens and doors to improve air flow) ➜ 襖【ふすま】・障子

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be in a mess; to have things scattered here and there

noun:

• groove in the body of wooden plane which holds the blade

noun:

• creating patterns in human flesh through scarification

noun:

• visitor's or pilgrims' lodgings in a temple; priest's quarters

expression:

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

noun:

• a fire raging in one's own home

noun:

• character written in the highly cursive sōsho style ➜ 草書【そうしょ】

noun:

• Nobel Prize in Physics

noun:

• examinations in academic subjects

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to speak in tongues

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to be caught in an evening shower

noun / ~する noun:

• copying in entirety (verbatim)

expression:

• when in Rome, do as the Romans do - proverb ➜ 郷に入っては郷に従え

expression:

• for the present; for the time being

noun:

• work of art the creator has confidence in; work one is proud of

expression / interjection:

• for heaven's sake (Pete's, mercy's, etc.); for pity's sake; oh stop; lay off

expression:

• in that manner; like that

noun:

• seeking rebirth in the Pure Land - four character idiom

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