noun:

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

noun:

• casting a coquettish (an amorous) glance (at a man) - four character idiom

expression:

• a disgrace (to a whole group of people)

noun:

• wife of a shogun or a highest-ranking nobleman

noun:

• a spring that gushes forth from a valley

expression / ~の noun / adverbial noun:

• just now; a little while back; a short time ago

noun:

• pot with a bail for a handle ➜ 鍋

expression:

• a neighbour is better than a relative living far - proverb

expression:

• A wise man changes his mind, a fool never - proverb

~する verb (spec.) / transitive:

• to span (e.g. a stream with a bridge)

noun / ~する noun:

• rough sketch used as a guideline for a picture ➜ 下書き

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to start (e.g. a scene, a war, etc.) ➜ 幕を切る

noun:

• prize for a single stage of a relay race

noun:

• sludge from sharpening a sword, etc. on a grindstone

noun:

• ceremony for moving a deity to a new site - Shintō term ➜ 遷座【せんざ】・遷宮祭【せんぐうさい】

~と adverb:

• with a grin; showing a devilish smile - onomatopoeia ➜ にたり

noun:

• name post outside a shrine (usu. a stone pillar)

noun:

• candy-coated fruit (usu. a plum) on a stick ➜ りんご飴【りんごあめ】

expression:

• eyes of a predator; keen eyes; eyes of a cormorant, eyes of a hawk [literal] - idiom

expression:

• you've hit the nail on the head; that's just what I thought; that's exactly like I feel; that's exactly what I think, too

noun:

• making the numbers balance; fixing the numbers; number-juggling; making up the numbers (e.g. to form a majority); taking tally; number-crunching

noun:

• (a) dream; (a) fleeting thing

noun / ~の noun:

• a bundle; a hundred

noun:

• a minute and a half

noun:

• a step; a short distance