expression:

• it's no big deal; it's nothing to fret about; it's not like it's the end of the world

noun:

• bizarre literature; the literature of the bizarre - four character idiom

noun:

• the world of music; the music world

noun:

• the concerned government agencies; the ministries and agencies that are relevant to the matter at hand; the relevant authorities - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• (coincidence of) mutual sentiment; sharing the same sentiment with somebody; finding oneself on the same wavelength as somebody; seeing eye to eye - four character idiom

noun:

• heavenly god; heavenly gods - also pronounced てんしん
• spirit of Sugawara no Michizane
• Tenmangu shrine (dedicated to Michizane's spirit) ➜ 天満宮
• pit of a dried plum; dried plum - colloquialism ➜ 梅干し
• tenjin hairstyle - abbreviation ➜ 天神髷
• prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period)

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to commiserate; to pity; to have mercy on; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
• to enjoy the beauty of; to appreciate (e.g. the moon, flowers) ［哀れむ］ - archaism

adjectival noun / noun:

• careless; sloppy; faulty

noun:

• using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors

noun:

• in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se

noun:

• endpaper (of a book); end-paper
• facing (material sewn on the inside edge of a garment)
• looking back; triumphing over (a rival) ➜ 見返す

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to become old enough to understand what's going on around oneself (of a child, etc.); to reach the age of discretion

noun:

• top star (esp. male lead role in the all-female Takarazuka musical theater troupe); major celebrity

noun:

• Yatagarasu (mythical raven who aided Emperor Jimmu on his eastern expedition) - obscure term ➜ 八咫烏
• three-legged crow inhabiting the sun in Chinese mythology ➜ 八咫烏

noun:

• secret language used in the postwar Showa period where certain words are read backwards - from ジャズ read backwards - Linguistics term

expression:

• family members should fall into line with the head of the family even if his taste is a little odd, like wearing a red eboshi, which is ordinarily black - proverb ➜ 烏帽子

noun:

• underhand grip; backhand grip (e.g. in tennis) ➜ 順手
• unexpected twist; turning the tables (on an opponent)

noun:

• raised leg; lifting a leg
• upturn (in the market) ［上げ足・上足］ Antonym: 下げ足
• sitting cross-legged - archaism

expression / noun:

• a fish on the chopping board; person in a situation where they are rendered powerless - idiom

noun:

• on-the-sea ballot (votes cast in a federal election by ships' crewmen and sent by fax)

noun:

• Edo-era street merchant who carried wares hanging from a pole, hawking them in the street - obscure term

noun:

• wooden ladle or rod used to stir the rice porridge used in a kayaura divination ➜ 粥占

expression:

• putting the cart before the horse; putting the diapers on before (the baby) is born [literal] - idiom

noun:

• taking photographs for a volume at the request of a publisher
• photographs taken for a volume at the request of a publisher

noun:

• place containing a Buddhist image
• place containing a buddha (e.g. the pure land) ➜ 極楽・浄土
• independent workshop of Buddhist sculptors (from the Heian period onward) ➜ 造仏所

noun:

• northern ridge-tailed monitor (Varanus primordius, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to the Northern Territory of Australia); blunt-spined goanna