noun:

• Northern and Southern Dynasties (in Japan: 1336-1392 CE, in China: 420-581 CE)

noun:

• live fish and shellfish (kept in a tank in a restaurant)

noun:

• charcoal made from thin branches
• charcoal sold in bulk (instead of in straw bags) ➜ 散【ばら】

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to remain in memory (of sounds and words); to linger in one's ears

noun:

• warbler being in a valley - obscure term ➜ 鶯遷【おうせん】
• valley in which warblers live - obscure term
• remaining obscure and unsuccessful - obscure term ➜ 鶯遷【おうせん】

noun:

• the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening

noun:

• abandonment of the status quo; destroying the status quo; overthrowing the present situation - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to get to the heart (of the matter); to come to the main point

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play innocent; to have a blank facial expression
• to play the fool
• to be in one's dotage

noun:

• public opinion; public eye; (in) the eyes of others
• discerning eye; an eye (for sth)
• perspective; way of looking at things; point of view

noun:

• warm sake (formerly drunk on the 9th day of the 9th month of the lunar calendar to ward off illness)

noun:

• water from the capital (Kyoto), rumored to have a whitening effect - archaism
• type of washing lotion from the end of the Edo period - archaism ➜ 化粧水

interjection / noun:

• crying "banzai" (or raising one's hands in the banzai gesture)
• something worthy of celebration
• giving up ［ばんざい］
• long time - archaism
• eternal life (and prosperity) - archaism

interjection:

• banzai (a celebratory cheer); hurrah (hooray, hurray)

noun:

• the death of Shakyamuni Buddha - Buddhism term
• Buddhist service held on the day of Buddha's death (orig. 15th of the 2nd month, now 15th of the 3rd month) - abbreviation - Buddhism term ➜ 仏涅槃忌

noun:

• lady-killer (i.e. a man who is popular with women); knocking a woman dead (with sex appeal)
• murderer of women
• murder of women

expression:

• a wise man is he who listens to counsel; a worry shared is a worry halved - proverb
• I've got something to ask you

godan ~つ verb / transitive:

• to have two things (at the same time) (e.g. good and bad points); to also have something (in addition to something else)

expression:

• metaphor in which the road to paradise is likened to a white road between two rivers, one of water (wrath) and one of fire (greed) - Buddhism term

noun:

• humble language in which an action or object is not directed toward the listener (or a third party); humble language used as a courtesy ➜ 謙譲語Ｉ

noun / suffix noun:

• column of text (e.g. in a newspaper)
• field (in a form, web page, etc.)

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• assistance; support; aid; help
• subsidy; supplement; subvention; grant-in-aid
• auxiliary; subsidiary
• spot (in bodybuilding)

noun:

• mid-January festival in northern Japan, with snow huts in which children play house
• snow hut

noun:

• amateur work (in art); work done in carefree mood without regard to time or expenses - four character idiom

noun:

• scarlet kadsura (Kadsura japonica) ➜ 実葛【さねかずら】
• white sash tied around the head, with ends hanging down and tucked into belt, worn in kyogen to indicate a female character being played by a man

conjunction:

• if so; in that case; in that situation