noun:

• mat with a floral or bulrush pattern

noun / ~する noun:

• dividing a plant's roots for transplanting

noun:

• wood alcohol; the spirit of a tree

noun:

• breaking through or sneaking past a barrier

noun:

• illegitimate (e.g. born to a mistress)

noun:

• house in which a mistress is kept

noun:

• recovery after childbirth
• growth (of a child)

noun:

• hazy moon (esp. on a spring night)

noun / ~する noun:

• discussion; examination
• investigation (of a criminal); questioning

noun:

• liver taken from a living animal

noun:

• part of end phrase in a letter

noun:

• pair of bundles slung over a shoulder

noun:

• place for showering next to a tub

noun:

• front matter (of a book); preliminaries

noun:

• dining table; a dish (type of food)

noun:

• strength needed to pull back a bow

noun:

• (Edo-period) head of a prisoners' group

noun:

• in a bag or one's purse

noun:

• sake drunk while viewing a snowy scene

noun:

• dawning (of a new era); dawn

noun:

• winter wind whistling through a bamboo fence

noun:

• (a person's) family background; lineage

expression / ~する verb (irregular) / intransitive verb:

• to be the ruin of (a person)

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to leave a bad impression behind ➜ 立つ鳥跡を濁さず【たつとりあとをにごさず】

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to accept (a thing) with thanks