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

noun:

• device with axle used to change the backdrop of a (kabuki) play - archaism ➜ 田楽豆腐
• turning something in the manner one would use to cook dengaku-doufu on both sides

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to have a secret affair; to meet secretly (for two persons); to flirt with one another ➜ 密会・乳繰り合う

noun:

• attending foreign language study at a school near the train station (esp. used as a NOVA catchphrase)

expression:

• not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to fall into a trap; to play into another's hands

noun:

• knife attached to the sheath of a sword

noun:

• empathetically putting oneself in the place of a handicapped person - From English "cap handy"

noun:

• skimming a text

godan ~る verb:

• to get one's knickers in a twist - slang - sensitive - From Korean "hwabyeong" ➜ 火病【ひびょう】

noun:

• office of a temple

noun:

• once-in-a-lifetime encounter (hence should be cherished as such) - four character idiom

noun:

• a contraceptive

expression / ichidan verb:

• to scold over a minor matter

noun:

• Akhal-Teke, a breed of horses originating in Turkmenistan

expression / noun:

• ball of a finger; finger cushion; pulp of the finger; pad of the finger

noun:

• heart of a mountain

noun:

• key of A - Music term