expression:

• nobody knows the morrow; speak of next year and the ogres laugh [literal] - proverb

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees ➜ 這い蹲う

noun:

• sundries; odds and ends

expression:

• (e.g. to walk, stand, etc., until) one's legs turn to lead; (doing something) until one's legs tire and stiffen

noun:

• making one's attitude (position, stand) clear; unfurling and clearly showing one's banner [literal] - four character idiom

noun:

• right or wrong; correct and incorrect
• correction

expression:

• things that look similar but are completely different; geta and grilled miso [literal] - idiom

godan ~う verb:

• to crowd together in a confined space; to gather and make a commotion

noun:

• fleeing in all directions; (in Japanese history, a reference to) farmers who abandoned their fields and fled to the cities or other districts to evade onerous taxes

expression / noun:

• conjugal property; joint ownership property of husband and wife

noun:

• city god; guardian deity of a city and esp. its marketplace

noun:

• Pangu; creator of heaven and earth in Chinese mythology

noun:

• Red Army; Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army

expression:

• you cannot excuse a bad deed with a petty act of benevolence; steal a pig and give the feet for alms [literal] - proverb

noun:

• Bellows Festival; festival for blacksmiths and foundries on the eighth day of the eleventh month of the lunar calendar, on which they would clean their bellows and pray

noun:

• whole egg; egg white and egg yolk

expression:

• Repeated reading (makes the meaning clear); Reading something again and again (will lead one to realize its meaning) - four character idiom

noun:

• colloquial grammar; grammar of modern spoken and written japanese

noun:

• doing a job; riding and sweating up a horse

noun:

• gentleman; man of learning and virtue

noun:

• feminine spirit; graceful and kind nature - archaism ➜ 男気【おとこぎ】

expression:

• the beauties of nature as the key poetic theme; the central theme in composing poetry (haiku) must be the beauties of nature and the harmony that exist between nature and man. (The slogan of the Hototogisu School of modern Japanese haiku) - four character idiom ➜ 花鳥風月

noun:

• topcoat; light overcoat for use in spring and autumn - From English "spring coat"

noun:

• mineral spring; spring containing many minerals and gas (esp. a cold spring) ➜ 冷泉

noun:

• Their Majesties; the Emperor and Empress - honorific language