noun:

• main building in a Heian palace ➜ 寝殿造
• (historical) main residence of an emperor

noun / ~する noun:

• taking a hot bath; bathing at hot springs

~と adverb / adverb:

• in a big way - onomatopoeia

expression:

• if a cat washes its ears, rain is coming - traditional belief - obscure term - proverb

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be a point of honor; to affect someone's good name

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to strip a person of all his or her clothes
• to steal someone blind - slang

noun:

• party to a contract; subscriber; policy owner (insurance)

noun:

• top of a massive rock

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to make a blunder; to bungle; to mess up; to make a foolish mistake

noun:

• two operating systems on a computer; double-boot - IT term

noun:

• fee paid for the services of a geisha or prostitute

noun:

• owner of a hermitage; abbess; prioress; nun in charge of a Buddhist convent

noun:

• whorl of white hair on the forehead of the Buddha, represented by a white precious stone on statues of Buddha; urna

godan ~む verb:

• to make up a haiku poem

noun:

• New Year's ceremony in which a hoe is used to break ground in a field lying in a lucky direction ➜ 鍬入れ

noun:

• noh theater performed at night by a fire

noun:

• virgin consecrated to a deity; shrine maiden; (spiritualistic) medium

noun:

• name of a haiku poetess

noun:

• ceremony held at the end of a school term

noun:

• hand used like a sword in striking

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to feel a chill run down one's spine - idiom

expression / noun:

• family crest shaped as a hemp leaf
• motif made from entwined hexagons

expression / noun:

• a matter of life and death

noun / ~の noun:

• once in a lifetime; the first and last occurrence (event, experience) of one's lifetime - four character idiom

noun:

• pictures drawn by a child