noun:

• wooden stick with a burned tip (used to create underdrawings)

noun:

• short and round sleeves of a kimono

noun / ~する noun:

• stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others

noun:

• reporter assigned to cover a particular person in order to get the most up-to-date information; beat reporter

noun / ~する noun:

• (making) a round of inspection; patrolling

noun:

• certification issued by a temple to prove affiliation

noun:

• pipe buried under a road with nozzles that spray liquid to melt snow

noun:

• foot or base of a mountain; foothills

noun:

• a recommendation; an order

noun:

• wrestler newly promoted to a san'yaku rank - Sumo term

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to take a lot of dealing with; to be a handful - idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• identifying a severed head
• checking a person's identity

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to achieve one's first victory after a string of losses - Sumo term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to sleep like a log; to sleep like a baby - colloquialism ➜ 泥のように眠る

expression / noun:

• a long way off; matter for the future; not going to happen anytime soon

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to make a list; to enumerate

noun:

• melody or flushing sound played by a Japanese toilet to mask excretion sounds

noun:

• advent of a golden opportunity - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• succession to a fief; inheriting a domain

noun:

• inking a pencil sketch

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to take someone down a peg; to cut someone down to size; to dampen someone's confidence

noun:

• book containing a collection of poems
• Psalms (book of the Bible)

noun / ~する noun:

• marriage of an Imperial princess to a subject

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to become a habit

noun:

• martial arts school situated in a town