noun:

• sound of a horn announcing daybreak - archaism - obscure term

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving a court

noun:

• in calligraphy, a style of holding the brush between the thumb and the index and middle fingers ➜ 単鉤法

noun:

• custom of having toddlers step on a sticky rice cake on their first birthday

godan ~す verb:

• to dig up and expose a criminal matter

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to pull one's hair back into a bun

expression:

• to make a personal judgment on a problem with little insight; to look at the sky through a tube (Zhuangzi) [literal] ➜ 管窺【かんき】

noun:

• legend over a picture; inscription (legend, writing) on a painting

noun:

• leader of a crime syndicate's henchmen; young leading subordinate in yakuza group

expression:

• a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step - proverb ➜ 千里の道も一歩から

adverb:

• by a single blow

noun:

• in calligraphy, a triangular stroke going from upper left to lower right

noun:

• incorporating the needs of the market into a product - From English "market in"

noun:

• meaning of a word - Linguistics term

noun:

• revue dance performed in a line; line dance

adjectival noun / noun:

• throwing one's weight around in a small group without knowing one's real worth in a larger world outside; being a big fish in a small pond - four character idiom

noun:

• priest's flapper made from the tail of a large deer; long stick with the tail of a large deer attached ➜ 払子

noun:

• riding a tiger ➜ 騎虎の勢い

noun:

• delivery of freight to a station

noun:

• plan to overcome an obstacle or break out of a deadlock; breakthrough solution

noun:

• female narrator in a silent movie theatre

noun:

• product being carried on a conveyor, etc.

noun:

• having furigana on all kanji in a document

noun / ~する noun:

• ignoring a traffic light; red-light violation; jaywalking

expression / noun:

• calm before a storm; lull before the storm