noun:

• sound of a bell

expression:

• missing a sleeping companion

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to prove a loss; to be a disadvantage; to not pay

noun:

• ancient Chinese vehicle with a compass whose needle always pointed south

noun:

• revitalization of a town; town renewal (project)

noun:

• final cut severing a wrestler's top-knot in his retirement ceremony - Sumo term

noun / ~する noun:

• ending time of a movie

expression:

• pride goes before a fall; pride comes before a fall; the proud Heike family does not last long [literal] - proverb ➜ 奢る平家久しからず【おごるへいけひさしからず】

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to take a breather; to take a rest ➜ 一息入れる
• to catch one's breath; to take a breath

noun:

• love of a knight for a courtly lady (upon which he is unable to act) - From German "Minne"

noun:

• throwing of mochi to an assembled crowd, esp. during the framework-raising ceremony of a new building ➜ 棟上げ式【むねあげしき】

expression / ichidan verb:

• to start a journey; to embark on a trip; to set forth; to hit the trail ➜ 出る【でる】

noun:

• applying an extended meaning to a kanji

noun / ~する noun:

• taking a break from writing

noun:

• var. of mochi made from a mixture of rice flour and sweet bean paste (famous product of Kagoshima)

noun:

• rivalry for the heart of a woman ➜ 恋の鞘当て【こいのさやあて】
• quarrel over something trivial - from two samurai quarreling because the sheaths of their swords happened to touch

noun / ~する noun:

• jumping to a hasty conclusion

godan ~る verb:

• to hit with a club

noun:

• port at the mouth of a river

noun:

• covering a base - Baseball term - From English "base cover"

noun / adverb:

• a day or two - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• a relative; familiarity

noun:

• being entered in a new family register (through adoption, marriage, etc.) - obsolete term - Law term

expression:

• by a strange coincidence; in an unexpected turn of events; by chance; by accident

noun:

• being a match for thousands; being a mighty warrior (combatant) - four character idiom