expression / ichidan verb:

• to have a good eye (from having seen fine art, etc.); to be a connoisseur ➜ 肥える

expression:

• a must to buy

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be deceived by a fox

noun:

• maid at an inn who served clients and worked as a prostitute (Edo period) ➜ 飯盛り女

noun:

• challenging a judge

noun:

• second line of a four-line Chinese poem - abbreviation ➜ 承句

noun:

• branch-twined hedge around a field to keep out wild boars and deer
• abatis

noun:

• caretaker of a villa

noun:

• one of the six administrators of a Zen temple ➜ 六知事

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to keep a house; to run a household

noun / ~する noun:

• draw a full house

noun:

• soup or stew over which a beaten egg is poured before serving; egg-bound soup - Food term

noun:

• pork cutlet on rice in a lacquered box - Food term ➜ 重箱

noun:

• a transparent body

noun:

• taking a hem up; hemming up

noun:

• person who receives a pledge; pledgee; pawnee

noun / ~の noun / ~する noun:

• closing of a ceremony

noun:

• difficult reading of a kanji

noun:

• expiration of a term of service ➜ 年明け【ねんあけ】

expression:

• if there is a chance; if possible; if circumstances permit; if things go well; if luck is on my side

noun:

• house built like a kura, with the walls covered in mud

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• combining a pair of events; joint - from 併用開催 - abbreviation

expression:

• pride goes before a fall; pride comes before a fall; the proud Heike family does not last long [literal] - proverb

noun:

• three-person operation of a puppet (bunraku)

noun:

• young person with a monkey-like face (nickname for Toyotomi Hideyoshi)