noun:

• (openable) panel in a door

noun:

• woman who played music, danced and worked as a prostitute; good-time girl - archaism

noun:

• proportional representation system in which votes are cast for a publicly available list of party members or for individual members of that list

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to take a veneer off something

noun:

• a ferment

expression / ichidan verb:

• to fill in a hole; to plug up a hole; to fill in for a vacancy

noun:

• upper wing of a plane

noun:

• rice from a late harvest; late rice ➜ 早場米

expression:

• take a long walk off a short pier; go stick your head in a pig; bash your head against the corner of a block of tofu and die [literal]

godan ~る verb:

• to act like a know-it-all; to pretend you know everything; to fancy one is an authority

noun:

• lantern hanging from the eaves of a temple or shrine ➜ 釣り灯籠

noun:

• using one's fingers as a comb; combing one's hand through one's hair

noun / ~する noun:

• a long march

noun:

• typical dress of the military class, usually worn together with a hakama ➜ 袴

expression:

• a thorn in one's side; a pain in the butt (often someone higher in rank, ability, etc.); a person standing in one's way; a superior who obstructs one's freedom of action ➜ 目の上のこぶ

noun:

• scooter with a compartment under the seat to hold a helmet - From English "(hel)met in" ➜ メット

ichidan verb:

• to let a person take hold of; to bribe by slipping money into a person's hand

expression:

• walk a mile in other's shoes to understand their suffering; you can't appreciate others' suffering until you've gone through it yourself; pinch yourself and know others' pain [literal] - proverb

noun:

• Buddha figure carved into a rock
• Buddha figure in a cabinet

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to place a weight upon (e.g. when making pickles); to press (down) ➜ 重し

expression:

• birds of a feather flock together; horses work best together; don't mix your horses with your cows - proverb ➜ 牛は牛連れ馬は馬連れ

noun:

• small pillars supporting the main pillars of a torii or a temple gate

noun:

• a prim person

noun:

• foot of a mountain; base of a mountain

~と adverb / adverb:

• with a flash; brightly; dazzlingly; sparklingly; brilliantly - onomatopoeia ➜ ピカッと