noun:

• country with a constitutional government; constitutional state; country where the rule of law prevails; system based on the rule of law

noun:

• a place or opportunity to make a display of

expression / ichidan verb:

• to work toward a solution to a problem

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to have a well-defined character (of video game, anime, etc. character); to stand out as a character

noun:

• warbler being in a valley - obscure term ➜ 鶯遷【おうせん】
• valley in which warblers live - obscure term
• remaining obscure and unsuccessful - obscure term ➜ 鶯遷【おうせん】

noun / ~する noun:

• extending in a row - archaism

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to take a hot bath

noun / ~する noun:

• affixing a seal ➜ 押印・押捺

noun:

• a non-samurai being granted the privilege of wearing a sword (during the Edo period) - four character idiom

noun:

• absentee appointment to a distant administrative post (Nara and Heian periods) - archaism

noun:

• fire lit at a gate for funerals, weddings and Obon

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to make a start

noun:

• shining example of a man

noun:

• blow received by a bystander; getting dragged in to somebody else's fight

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to find a clue; to make a beginning

expression:

• one can give a plausible argument for anything - proverb

noun:

• feeling of a full stomach after a meal; satisfaction of having a full stomach

expression / ichidan verb:

• to hold a sword above one's head ➜ 大上段【だいじょうだん】
• to be haughty; to be arrogant ➜ 大上段【だいじょうだん】

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to apply for a job; to apply for work

noun:

• arcade game where one can win a prize - From English "prize game"

noun:

• to enrol in a temple school; child enrolled in a temple school ➜ 寺子屋
• incarcerating a criminal in a temple as a form of punishment (popular during the latter Muromachi and Azuchi-Momoyama periods)
• to go to a temple and repent (following a disaster, etc.)

noun:

• signs of a cold

adverb / noun:

• sounding of a drum or hand drum; sound of drums - onomatopoeia

adjectival noun:

• full (stomach); bursting - onomatopoeia

noun:

• place where the sacred palanquin is lodged during a festival ➜ 旅所

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to exorcise a fox spirit (from a person)