noun:

• agency (government department between a ministry and a bureau under the ritsuryo system) ➜ 律令制

noun:

• two-storied pagoda (with a square base, pent roof and a round top) ➜ 裳階

particle:

• by (indicating means of action); as (a group, etc.) ➜ からして・として・にして・為る
• indicates patient of a causative expression - as 〜をして in modern Japanese
• acts as a connective - after the ren'youkei form of an adjective
• adds emphasis - after an adverb or a particle

conjunction:

• and then ➜ そして

noun:

• self and others; this and that; both sides; oneself and one's opponent; he and I

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to quarry; to cut (timber); to cut and carry off ［切り出す・切りだす・切出す・伐り出す・伐りだす］
• to begin to talk; to break the ice; to broach ［切り出す・切りだす・切出す］
• to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.) ［切り出す・切りだす・切出す・鑽り出す］
• to select and extract (from a media file); to splice out ［切り出す・切りだす・切出す・伐り出す・伐りだす］

noun:

• priest who was also a street performer and performed prayers and other religious duties for the sake of other people

noun:

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

noun:

• an ideal topography for the four Taoist gods, with a river in the east, a broad avenue in the west, a basin in the south, and a hill in the north - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• inside and outside; interior and exterior
• inside and outside the country; home and abroad; domestic and foreign ［ないがい］

suffix noun:

• around; about; approximately

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• resourceful and quick-witted; showing a flash of brilliance; have a keen (sparkling) intellect - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• resourceful and quick-witted; showing a flash of brilliance; have a keen (sparkling) intellect - four character idiom

suffix:

• suffix indicating room size (following a number of tatami mats and a counter)

expression / adjective:

• unable to move; held up; swamped; stuck between a rock and a hard place - idiom

noun:

• challenging members of a dojo to a fight and demanding money upon winning

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• tarsal (relating to the tarsus - a group of small bones between the tibia and fibula and the metatarsus)

noun:

• puzzle ring; wire puzzle
• exercise where students link crossed hands in a circle and try working together and without letting go

noun:

• New Year ornament (usu. of straw, fern leaves, seaweed and bitter orange fruit, and hung at the entrance of a home)

godan ~く verb / yodan ~く verb (archaic):

• to brim over with feminine charm; to look captivating (of a woman); to be sexy; to be seductive; to be enticing
• to look young and fresh
• to be elegant; to look refined
• to have a calm and composed appearance

noun:

• being stuck between a rock and a hard place; being in a dilemma; being torn between conflicting demands

noun:

• Edo-period mouth harp (with a hairpin-like frame and a long straight tongue)

noun / ~する noun:

• go into a huddle (over); hold a secret conference (about); put heads together and conspire - four character idiom

noun:

• sweetie (sweet green-skinned citrus; cross between a grapefruit and a pomelo); oroblanco

noun:

• personal appearance and physique; person's appearance and physique giving a feeling of respectable character - four character idiom

noun:

• free and unbiased; fair and just; ruling or judging what's right is right and what's wrong is wrong; calling spade a spade - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• taste for both wines and sweets; having a liking for both alcoholic beverages and sweet things - four character idiom