noun:

• killing a would-be avenger
• having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to fan (oneself, flames, etc.)
• to flap (in the wind)
• to instigate; to stir up; to incite; to agitate
• to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something)
• to take a photo from a low angle ➜ 煽り【あおり】
• to tailgate ➜ 煽り【あおり】

noun:

• getting ready to go out in the snow; clothing for going out in the snow; snow gear - obscure term

godan ~つ verb:

• to let a fox into the henhouse; to do something dangerous; to let loose a tiger in the marketplace [literal] - idiom

noun:

• resting place between inn towns (Edo period); town situated between two post towns

noun:

• traditional married woman's hair style, with an oval chignon on top
• men's hairstyle (Edo period)

pronoun:

• such and such (when being vague, placeholder, etc.); this and that

interjection:

• What?; What is the matter?; What are the items?

prefix noun:

• the last (i.e. immediately preceding) (e.g. "the last mayor"); previous; one-time; former
• pre- (e.g. "premodern") - before the name of an era

~の noun / noun:

• before; earlier ➜ 前【まえ】

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

adverb / ~と adverb:

• sound of the cicadas - onomatopoeia ➜ みんみん蝉【みんみんぜみ】

noun:

• local fire brigade (Edo period); provincial fire brigade - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress
• communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank Antonym: 下達 ➜ 上通

noun:

• eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginiana); red cedar; red juniper; pencil cedar; aromatic cedar

noun:

• confusing song or poem (esp. used derogatorily to describe a style of middle-age Japanese poetry popularized by Fujiwara no Teika) - obscure term

noun:

• opposite side; other side; opposite direction
• over there; that way; far away; beyond
• the other party; the other person
• future (starting now)

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• opening to the public; making available to the public; putting on display; exhibiting; showing (play, movie, etc.); holding (interview, etc.); open; public

noun:

• chancy trade (business) with a high turnover rate and uncertain profitability
• the entertainment, eating, and drinking business
• the night entertainment (nightlife) business

noun / ~する noun / expression:

• asking for the moon; asking for too much; asking for the impossible

expression:

• to the previous extent; as much as previously; as much as one used to - sometines written 前程

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to get used to one's work; to become accustomed to one's position
• to be at home (on the stage)

noun:

• they (of people); gentlemen (of the ...) - honorific language
• you (usu. plural) - honorific language

adverb:

• various

noun:

• emperor (of Japan); mikado
• (the gates of an) imperial residence ［御門］ - honorific language

noun:

• beginning of spring
• first month of the lunar calendar; New Year ➜ 睦月

noun / ~する noun:

• flushing (of one's cheeks); dizziness; rush of blood to the head

noun:

• politics of fear; terrorism
• reign of terror (esp. in the French revolution)