expression:

• a neighbour is better than a relative living far - proverb

expression:

• A wise man changes his mind, a fool never - proverb

~する verb (spec.) / transitive:

• to span (e.g. a stream with a bridge)

noun / ~する noun:

• rough sketch used as a guideline for a picture ➜ 下書き

noun:

• dress worn by a geisha to a zashiki party ➜ 座敷

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to start (e.g. a scene, a war, etc.) ➜ 幕を切る

noun:

• frog in a well; "someone with a narrow perspective" [figurative]

noun:

• prize for a single stage of a relay race

noun:

• sludge from sharpening a sword, etc. on a grindstone

noun:

• ceremony for moving a deity to a new site - Shintō term ➜ 遷座【せんざ】・遷宮祭【せんぐうさい】

noun:

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

~と adverb:

• with a grin; showing a devilish smile - onomatopoeia ➜ にたり

noun:

• name post outside a shrine (usu. a stone pillar)

noun:

• candy-coated fruit (usu. a plum) on a stick ➜ りんご飴【りんごあめ】

expression:

• eyes of a predator; keen eyes; eyes of a cormorant, eyes of a hawk [literal] - idiom

noun:

• (a) dream; (a) fleeting thing

expression:

• a jewel in a dunghill

noun / ~の noun:

• a bundle; a hundred

noun:

• a minute and a half

noun:

• a step; a short distance

noun:

• a tideway; a sea route

noun:

• a laughingstock; a standing joke

noun:

• (a) bunch; (a) bundle ➜ 一纏

expression:

• a run on a bank

noun / ~する noun:

• crowning a boy with a traditional cap for the first time at a coming-of-age ceremony - archaism ➜ 元服【げんぶく】・初冠【ういこうぶり】

noun:

• person in charge of crowning the boy at a coming-of-age ceremony - archaism