noun:

• (of Chinese) pronunciation of kanji without a medial between the initial consonant and center vowel
• (of Japanese) the long "o" vowel arising from combination of the "a" and "u" sounds

noun:

• criminal, administrative and civil codes (forming the basis of ancient East Asian law; orig. Chinese); legal codes of the Nara and Heian eras based on Chinese models ➜ 律・令【りょう】

noun:

• stronghold (esp. of an enemy or opponent); inner citadel; bastion

expression:

• good match for an opponent; worthy (e.g. rival)

noun:

• palanquin set with jewels
• money and social status gained by marrying a rich and powerful man ➜ 玉の輿に乗る【たまのこしにのる】

noun:

• drawing hot water; person who draws hot water
• employee who pours clean hot water used for rinsing in a bathhouse
• ladle (esp. used in bath houses)

expression:

• to wait for a good opportunity; to come down on the right side of the fence; to see which way the cat jumps; to wait and see at Horagatoge [literal] - proverb

expression / noun:

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

expression:

• don't believe everything you hear; what is a paradise on hearsay maybe a hell at sight [literal] - proverb

noun:

• determining a speaker's true or hidden meaning; determining a speaker's intentions from his manner of speech - esp. 口裏
• divining good or bad luck from listening to someone - esp. 口占 - archaism

expression:

• helping and protecting in all ways; acting as a raincoat (protecting from rain) and acting as a hat (protecting from sun) [literal] - proverb ➜ 陰になり日向になり【かげになりひなたになり】

noun:

• humble samurai who served as a body guard on foot ➜ 徒侍
• bodyguards in service of the shogun who would walk ahead of him on an outing (Edo period) ➜ 徒士組【かちぐみ】

noun:

• castle and moat; castle's moat - obscure term
• City God (Taoist guardian god of a city)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to cut off the head of a sleeping person; to assassinate someone while he sleeps
• to catch someone off his guard by setting traps

noun / ~の noun:

• (on) land; ground; shore ➜ 海上

noun:

• track-and-field events - abbreviation ➜ 陸上競技【りくじょうきょうぎ】

noun:

• bases on balls and pitches striking the batsmen - Japanese pitching statistic - Baseball term ➜ 四球・死球

noun:

• selection and commentary (on literary texts or poems)

noun:

• General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; GATT ➜ 関税貿易一般協定

noun:

• (warning) flare (esp. used on roads and railways)

noun:

• Treatise on the Two Entrances and Four Practices - Buddhism term

noun:

• sky on New Year's morning

noun / adjectival noun:

• hot topic; something on everyone's lips - From English "talkable"

noun:

• one month

adjectival noun:

• one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary

noun / ~する noun:

• appearance one after another