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)

noun / ~する noun:

• taking a shortcut; neighborhood; neighbourhood

noun:

• exercise of a right

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to wield a spear

noun:

• a caster or founder

adverb:

• with a clunk; with a clank - onomatopoeia
• the sound of a sudden decrease (in profits, vigor, etc.)

noun:

• lacquering technique that uses a coloured-lacquer undercoating and a transparent-lacquer topcoat

expression:

• a great distance does not detract from the feeling (relationship) of endearment; feeling as though a dear one faraway were living in one's close neighborhood - four character idiom

ichidan verb:

• to lodge a complaint

expression:

• a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step - proverb ➜ 千里の行も足下に始まる

noun:

• in calligraphy, a stroke going from upper right to lower left with a pointed tail

expression:

• Have a good New Year - abbreviation ➜ 良いお年をお迎え下さい【よいおとしをおむかえください】

noun:

• Japanese reading of a kanji (sometimes esp. in ref. to readings that do not correspond to the orig. Chinese meaning of the kanji)

noun:

• town built within the semi-fortified compounds of a temple (during the Warring States period)

noun:

• rainfall of a strange, dark color (colour); whirlwinds accompanied by rain which also drops strange objects such as fish

noun:

• direction of a current; course of a ship

noun:

• water-filled bamboo tube in Japanese garden which clacks against a stone when emptied

noun:

• mud wall with a roof; roofed mud wall ➜ 築地【ついじ】

expression / ichidan verb:

• to carry out a role