yodan ~ぶ verb (archaic) / transitive:

• to hear of; to learn of - humble language - archaism ➜ 聞き及ぶ

expression / noun:

• Siege of Chihaya (Genkō War, 1333)

noun:

• the other side of a river
• the other side of the tracks; place where lower class people live - sensitive

noun:

• narrow escape from the jaws of death - four character idiom
• there being barely a chance of escaping death

noun:

• paste of miso, ground toasted sesame seeds, mirin, etc. ➜ 練り味噌

noun:

• declaration of a state of emergency

expression:

• the world is a scene of constant changes; the blue sea turns into a mulberry field [literal] - four character idiom

noun:

• ozeki wrestler's attempt to reach the rank of yokozuna; being eligible for promotion to yokozuna - Sumo term ➜ 横綱【よこづな】・大関【おおぜき】

noun:

• single serving of rice (esp. as prison food)

noun:

• alignment with the Western powers of America and Europe

noun:

• distrust of (other) human beings

expression:

• if everyone crosses against the red light, then there's nothing to be afraid of; there's no reason to feel guilty about doing something bad if everyone does it - proverb

noun:

• making up only parts of one's face instead of doing a full make-up job - From English "point make"

noun:

• Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1875); Russo-Japanese treaty in which Japan exchanged Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands

expression:

• being a member of staff but useless as a worker

noun:

• foreign (Western) breed of dog

noun:

• succession of words of similar meaning; redundancy (e.g. free gift); tautology ［じゅうごん］
• kanji compound in which the same character is repeated - e.g. 堂堂

noun:

• words of praise; encomium

noun / ~する noun:

• dying in a fit of anger - archaism ➜ 憤死
• fainting - archaism

noun:

• booth or stall set up on the sidewalk in front of a shop or home (esp. food booths at festivals) - Kansai dialect ➜ 床店【とこみせ】・出店【でみせ】

noun:

• mixture of boiled beans, agar cubes, fruit pieces and syrup - Food term

noun:

• Japanized version of classical Chinese (used from Heian period onward)

suffix / counter:

• counter for leaves, pieces of paper, etc.
• counter for boats - archaism

noun / ~の noun:

• curtailment of expenditure; financial retrenchment

noun:

• the part of the fruit from which the flower has dropped