adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• thundering; purring; grumbling (e.g. stomach) - onomatopoeia
• something large and heavy starting to roll - onomatopoeia
• scattered about; common; commonplace; all over - onomatopoeia
• idleness; idling about - onomatopoeia
• having a foreign substance in (e.g. one's eye or stomach) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• thunder - children's language - onomatopoeia

noun:

• visiting a shrine or temple to give thanks for the fulfilment of a prayer

noun / ~する noun:

• presenting a hand-copied sutra to a temple (or money, etc. in its place) ➜ 写経

noun:

• campaign to prevent a public construction work by acquiring a minuscule tract of land - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• resultative (refers to a conjunction where what follows is a result of the preceding)

noun:

• low entrance (usually, but not always, to a teahouse) with a tiled archway overhead

noun / ~する noun:

• forced relocation of a daimyo to a different domain by the Edo shogunate

expression:

• cream rises to the top; a drill in a bag (will always poke through) [literal] - proverb

expression / adjective:

• unable to move; held up; swamped; stuck between a rock and a hard place - idiom

noun:

• challenging members of a dojo to a fight and demanding money upon winning

noun / ~する noun:

• helping a long-term employee to establish a branch of the same shop

noun:

• the four grand national holidays (Prayer to the Four Quarters, Empire Day, the Emperor's Birthday, Emperor Meiji's birthday; 1927-1948) ➜ 紀元節・四方拝・天長節・明治節

expression:

• leaving everything to Buddha's providence; depending on others; leaving things to others

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to step out of the ring; to put one's foot outside the ring - Sumo term

expression:

• let's have a quick drink

noun:

• (a) (helping) hand; one's bit

noun:

• driver's seat (in a car)

noun:

• working as a lady's maid

noun:

• increase in a samurai's stipend

noun:

• one's looks in a photo

noun:

• a married woman's paramour; lover

noun:

• a report (of one's findings)

noun:

• fee for a geisha's time

noun:

• (amount of a samurai's) stipend

adverb:

• without a moment's delay