noun:

• belly of a pregnant woman - slang ➜ ボテボテ

expression:

• a friend is a good thing to have; a good friend is a great blessing ➜ 持つべきものは友

noun:

• adding something to or altering a finished work of art; something added or altered in this manner

noun:

• place where the sacred palanquin is lodged during a festival ➜ 御旅所

noun:

• (at) a glance; (judging from) appearances

noun:

• small calendar (or almanac) affixed to a pillar or wall ➜ 綴暦【とじごよみ】

noun:

• reverentially offering a branch of the sacred tree - Shintō term

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:

• long-tailed cock; long-tailed fowl (variety of chicken)

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