noun:

• a crusade; holy war

noun / ~する noun:

• introduction of poems at a poetry party

noun / ~する noun:

• bringing up a matter; discussion; debate; submission (e.g. a measure); referral (e.g. bill to a committee); placing (e.g. item on an agenda)

noun:

• (gymnastics) pulling oneself upward with a forward, circling movement; back hip circle

expression:

• a fox is not taken twice in the same snare; there are no birds in last year's nest; there aren't always loach under the willow tree [literal] - obscure term

noun / ~する noun:

• entering a temple; visiting a temple
• joining a temple as a priest or head priest - obscure term

noun:

• cavities in the frame of a door used as part of a pivot hinge ➜ 枢【くるる】
• door

noun:

• standard length of material used in a kimono; roll of material

noun / ~する noun:

• coming to a prefectural office, etc. ➜ 庁

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• having a headboard (bed, etc) ➜ 宮【みや】

expression:

• quick to take a hint; very responsive; quick on the uptake - abbreviation ➜ ツーと言えばカー【ツーといえばカー】

noun:

• school building for housing an imperial photograph and a copy of the Rescript on Education (pre-war Japan)

noun:

• a coupler; a splice; a successor; an heir

noun:

• correct Chinese (on) pronunciation of a character

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to topple over and lean at a precarious angle; to fall onto something and lean against it
• to be on the point of collapse; to be about to fall; to begin to fall

noun:

• light coming in or leaking through a window

noun:

• bow-twirling ceremony at the end of a day of sumo wrestling

noun / ~する noun:

• helping a criminal to avoid arrest

expression:

• a long time ago

noun / ~する noun:

• giving a charming (bewitching) smile - four character idiom

noun:

• parts of a building to which electrical cables are attached

noun:

• words read by the priest in a Shinto purification rite

adverb / ~と adverb:

• with a whack; with a thump - onomatopoeia ➜ ぽかん
• openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; gaping; flabbergasted - onomatopoeia ➜ ぽかん
• vacantly; blankly; absentmindedly - onomatopoeia ➜ ぽかん
• gaping (of a hole, etc.); suddenly opening - onomatopoeia

noun:

• a primitive society

expression / adjective:

• being driven into a corner; having no way out; being caught between a rock and a hard place