expression / godan ~う verb:

• to smoke a cigarette

expression:

• a law is a law, however undesirable it may be - from a quote from Socrates - proverb

noun:

• flag raised as a sign for an izakaya

expression:

• the wrongdoer never lacks a pretext; even thieves have their reasons - proverb

noun:

• attend a dying person

noun:

• proprietress-to-be of a Japanese inn or restaurant

noun:

• putrid smell of a corpse

expression / ichidan verb:

• to put a damper on proceedings (e.g. at a meeting or party, etc.)

expression:

• indicates patient of a causative expression ➜ して

noun:

• hill in a monkey enclosure (at a zoo, etc.)

godan ~る verb:

• to catch a taxi; to take a taxi - slang ➜ タクシー

noun:

• half a point (esp. in go)

noun:

• metal bars of a face guard (kendo)

noun:

• singer in a nagauta performance ➜ 長唄【ながうた】

noun:

• student in a lower grade; underclassman ➜ 上級生

noun:

• strength needed to pull back a bow

expression:

• being a spectator; observing (out of curiosity) as a disinterested party

noun:

• on-stage performance by musicians in a kabuki play
• shamisen accompaniment when a performer (esp. a rakugo story teller) appears on stage

noun:

• the charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; (so beautiful that) flowers are abashed and the moon hides [literal] - four character idiom ➜ 閉月羞花【へいげつしゅうか】・羞月閉花【しゅうげつへいか】・沈魚落雁【ちんぎょらくがん】

noun:

• (act of) taking a graduate school entrance examination ➜ 大学院入学試験

expression / ichidan verb:

• to dismiss a dialog box - IT term

noun:

• a family allowance

noun:

• eve of the anniversary of a person's death

noun / ~の noun:

• being of a different color - abbreviation - slang ➜ 色違い

noun:

• ruler of a synagogue