expression:

• the beauties of nature as the key poetic theme; the central theme in composing poetry (haiku) must be the beauties of nature and the harmony that exist between nature and man. (The slogan of the Hototogisu School of modern Japanese haiku) - four character idiom ➜ 花鳥風月

noun:

• central China

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to win through

noun:

• sign of victory

noun:

• painting of flowers and birds; bird-and-flower genre in Chinese and Japanese painting

adverb / ~する noun:

• with a click (door sound) - onomatopoeia
• with tenseness or firmness - onomatopoeia

noun:

• dark indigo (almost black)

~と adverb / noun:

• clink; clack - onomatopoeia
• feeling annoyed; being offended; being hurt - onomatopoeia

noun:

• walker; person going by foot - archaism

noun:

• patriarchal system

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to clash; to be in conflict with

noun:

• philosophy of value

noun:

• cattle pen

noun:

• winners (those who have succeeded socially, economically, etc.) Antonym: 負け組

noun:

• deputy manager; acting manager; acting section chief

noun:

• aristocracy; nobility

noun:

• axiological ethics

expression / ~くる verb (spec.):

• to be annoyed (by); to be offended (at); to be irritated (with)

noun:

• humble samurai who served as a body guard on foot

noun:

• divination signs - obscure term

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to take a risk for someone; to endanger oneself for someone; to gather chestnuts from the fire [literal] - orig. from the fable The Monkey and the Cat by Jean de La Fontaine - idiom

noun:

• raid - slang ➜ 殴り込み

noun:

• bodyguards in service of the shogun who would walk ahead of him on an outing (Edo period)

expression:

• to have no chance (of succeeding) ➜ 勝ち目

noun:

• humble samurai who served as a body guard on foot ➜ 徒侍
• bodyguards in service of the shogun who would walk ahead of him on an outing (Edo period) ➜ 徒士組【かちぐみ】