noun:

• Japanese ko-so-a-do demonstratives (e.g. pronouns: kore, sore, are, dore) - Linguistics term

noun:

• skewering one's food with a chopstick in order to pick it up (a breach of etiquette)

noun / ~する noun:

• covering one's head with a handkerchief, scarf, etc.; tying a cloth around one's head ➜ ほおかぶり

noun:

• rifling marks on a fired bullet

noun:

• crown of a tooth

noun:

• grounds of a Shinto shrine
• enchanted land; abode of immortals and gods

noun:

• sumo wrestler with a big belly - Sumo term ➜ ソップ形

noun:

• (not even) a few words - four character idiom

noun:

• a drop in the bucket (ocean); a small fraction (of); trifle - four character idiom

noun:

• in calligraphy, a brush movement where a horizontal line turns sharply downwards

expression:

• A smile of a beautiful woman is worth a thousand pieces of gold; enchanting smile of a glamorous woman - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make a success in life

noun:

• one of the accent patterns of Japanese words, with a rising and then falling pitch

noun:

• a foundry; a mint

noun:

• kindling a fire; lighting a fire

noun:

• using the sleeves of one's kimono as a pillow - archaism

expression:

• The world is a scene of constant changes (as a mulberry field changing into a blue sea). - Chinese legend - four character idiom

noun:

• very old type of kiln made by digging a hole in the side of a hill

noun:

• vents at the hips of a pair of hakama

noun:

• temple to which a family belongs

noun:

• all-A (student)

noun:

• request for a police search; application to the police to search for a missing person

expression / ~する verb (spec.):

• to have a showdown; to settle (e.g. a dispute)

noun:

• (the likes of) a mere actor - four character idiom

ichidan verb:

• to leave a space (between words)