expression:

• poverty is a stranger to industry; diligence is the mother of good fortune - proverb

noun:

• northern pavilion of a house
• mother

noun:

• legs of a table

noun:

• temporary manifestation by a buddha (in order to save people); manifested form (often a Shinto deity) - Buddhism term ➜ 本地

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to stare at with a fixed gaze; to glare

noun:

• conditions of a location; suitability of a location; convenience of a location

noun:

• a crown of thorns

adverb:

• in a big way; on a grand scale

noun:

• age of a young lady who is at the peak of her (sexual) attractiveness; marriable age (of a young lady); sweet sixteen

adverbial noun:

• at the very beginning of a book; The book opens with ... - four character idiom

noun:

• row of a matrix

noun:

• store name written on a noren ➜ 暖簾

noun:

• the daimyo of a feudal domain owned by a Tokugawa family branch - four character idiom

noun:

• long strips of decorative paper or leather attached to a matoi ➜ 纏

noun:

• a minimum thermometer

noun:

• (adopting) a publicity (an advertising) policy; a propaganda line - four character idiom

expression / adjective:

• at a loss for words; stumped for words

noun:

• bout that goes according to a wrestler's strategy; match that goes according to one's plan - four character idiom - Sumo term

noun:

• row of syllables on the Japanese syllabary table that ends with the vowel sound "a" - Linguistics term ➜ 五十音

noun:

• (in hanafuda) a collection of the rain and three non-rain light cards ➜ 花札

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to be in a different genre; to belong to a different category ➜ 異にする

noun:

• harmful side effects of a medicine or drug

expression:

• rivalry for the heart of a woman

noun:

• a stowaway

adverb:

• with a crack; with a snap; with a slam - onomatopoeia
• firmly; sharply; sternly - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~する noun:

• precisely; properly; neatly; tidily - onomatopoeia