expression:

• though sitting on a pile of riches, one comes back empty handed; to have a good opportunity only to let it slip from your grasp - proverb

noun:

• book of poetry
• The Classic of Poetry and The Classic of History (Chinese texts)

noun:

• territories in the vicinity of the capital and under direct imperial rule; (in Japanese history) the five kuni in the immediate vicinity of Kyoto

noun:

• (the crime of) aiding and abetting a suicide

noun:

• Onmyōdō; way of Yin and Yang; occult divination system based on the Taoist theory of the five elements

noun:

• free markets and open guilds - abbreviation ➜ 楽市楽座
• way of sitting on the ground with the sole of both feet pressed together

noun:

• metal rod in a wooden plane which holds the chip breaker against the blade

noun:

• you are what you eat; slogan encouraging consumption of local seasonal foods for one's health; indivisibility of the body and the land (because the body is made from food and food is made from the land) [literal]

noun:

• horse; block of rock completely separated from the surrounding rock either by mineral veins or fault planes - Geology term

noun:

• hair on one's head
• head; top of one's head
• kanji "hair" radical at top ［かみがしら］

noun:

• eaves (of roof)
• narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building - Architecture term
• visor (of a cap); brim; peak
• classic Japanese women's low pompadour hairstyle - abbreviation ➜ 庇髪

expression / noun:

• having a happy and harmonious relationship (of a husband and wife) - idiom

noun:

• sickle
• sickle-and-chain (weapon) - abbreviation ➜ 鎖鎌
• spear with curved cross-blades - abbreviation ➜ 鎌槍
• gooseneck tenon and mortise joint - abbreviation ➜ 鎌継
• noisiness - archaism
• part of a fish around the gills - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• looter; thief at the scene of a fire - abbreviation ➜ 火事場泥棒
• someone who takes advantage of a crisis to commit a crime

noun:

• looter; thief at the scene of a fire
• someone who takes advantage of a crisis to commit a crime

noun:

• tarsus (group of small bones between the tibia and fibula and the metatarsus)

expression:

• complete reversal of values or ways of thinking (over time); What appeared wrong in the past now appears right; realizing and regretting the past errors of one's ways - four character idiom

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to hate the very sight of; to hold a grudge against; to treat like an enemy; to bear constant enmity; to be gunning for; to have it in for

noun:

• dish placed on the far side of the serving table (kaiseki cuisine); side dishes at a banquet (e.g. sashimi, salad, vinegared dish; not rice or soup) - Food term ➜ 懐石
• resting one's forehead on the chest of one's opponent and grabbing his belt - Sumo term

noun:

• period of prohibition of remarriage; period after the cessation of a marriage in which the woman is prohibited from remarrying (100 days) - Law term

noun:

• period of prohibition of remarriage; period after the cessation of a marriage in which the woman is prohibited from remarrying (100 days) - Law term ➜ 待婚期間

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to turn oneself into; to transform oneself into
• to disguise oneself as
• to change radically; to metamorphose
• to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)

noun:

• a la mode - From French

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to go out (of a fire, etc.); to die out (before burning to ash) ➜ 立ち消え
• to fall through (of plans, etc.); to fizzle out; to come to nothing ➜ 立ち消え【たちぎえ】

noun:

• corner; sharp corner
• dihedral angle - Mathematics term