noun / ~の noun / ~する noun:

• opening of a ceremony

expression:

• when one was a very young child; very early in one's life

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture - idiom

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• picture-perfect; picturesque - idiom

noun:

• vitamin A

noun:

• contained in a letter

noun:

• mouth of a chicken ➜ 牛後

noun:

• belly of a pregnant woman - slang ➜ ボテボテ

expression:

• a friend is a good thing to have; a good friend is a great blessing ➜ 持つべきものは友

noun:

• adding something to or altering a finished work of art; something added or altered in this manner

noun:

• place where the sacred palanquin is lodged during a festival ➜ 御旅所

noun:

• (at) a glance; (judging from) appearances

noun:

• small calendar (or almanac) affixed to a pillar or wall ➜ 綴暦【とじごよみ】

noun:

• reverentially offering a branch of the sacred tree - Shintō term

noun:

• sound of a horn announcing daybreak - archaism - obscure term

noun:

• rising diagonally up and to the right
• growing; expanding; soaring

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving a court

noun:

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

noun:

• custom of having toddlers step on a sticky rice cake on their first birthday

godan ~す verb:

• to dig up and expose a criminal matter

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to pull one's hair back into a bun

expression:

• to make a personal judgment on a problem with little insight; to look at the sky through a tube (Zhuangzi) [literal] ➜ 管窺【かんき】

noun:

• legend over a picture; inscription (legend, writing) on a painting

noun / ~する noun:

• right-aligned; right-justified

noun:

• leader of a crime syndicate's henchmen; young leading subordinate in yakuza group

expression:

• a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step - proverb ➜ 千里の道も一歩から