expression / noun:

• choosing a wife

expression:

• with a half-opened eye

ichidan verb:

• to be at a loss; to think and think but get nowhere; to fail to come up with a good idea

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to take a position (e.g. on an issue); to adopt a stance

noun:

• groove in a shamisen player's fingernail caused by the friction of the string of the instrument
• someone's ability to play the shamisen

noun:

• traditional Japanese poem with verses of five and seven morae repeated at least three times, usu. ending with a verse of seven ➜ 短歌
• long epic song with shamisen accompaniment (developed in Kyoto in the late 16th century) ［ながうた］ ➜ 長唄

noun:

• sign used to designate a hot springs (e.g. on a map)
• traditional style love hotel ➜ 連込み宿・逆さ海月【さかさくらげ】

noun:

• bowl of rice with a chop-suey-like mixture on it

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to throw up a smoke screen

noun:

• part of the fabric that is wrapped farthest from the skin when wearing a garment that is wrapped in front of one (such as a kimono) ➜ 下前
• percentage; commission ➜ 上米【うわまい】

ichidan verb:

• to take a pinch of something (e.g. salt); to pick up in one's fingers

noun:

• "Let a hundred flowers blossom"; "Hundred Flowers" campaign - four character idiom

noun:

• first stools passed by a newborn baby; meconium

noun:

• information about a danger; danger warning; risk information

noun:

• groups of hiragana characters which are arranged to look like a face

noun:

• shower stool with a u-shaped hole in the middle

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to grab a person by his vulnerable spot; to curry favour with one's superior; to curry favor with one's superior

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to challenge (a person) to a fight

expression:

• honey in one's mouth but a razor in one's belt - idiom

noun:

• cakes heaped in a container for a shrine offering

noun:

• repairing pottery with a lacquer mixed with gold, silver, etc.

expression:

• less than a year old

noun:

• report of a death

noun:

• large lever used to control a train - abbreviation ➜ マスターコントローラー

expression:

• a wise man changes his mind, a fool never; the wise adapt themselves to changed circumstances - proverb ➜ 君子豹変【くんしひょうへん】
• the wise make no scruple in suddenly changing their demeanor - proverb - colloquialism