noun:

• custom of keeping a pumpkin or squash during the winter and eating it on the day of the winter solstice

expression:

• out of the frying pan into the fire; out of the tiger's mouth into the dragon's den [literal] - proverb

noun:

• the privy purse; the money used for private purposes by the members of the Imperial family

noun / ~する noun:

• the end of the match; the end of the game

noun:

• sense of the trend of the times; sensitivity to the changing times - four character idiom ➜ 時世感覚

noun:

• Yamaraja (king of the world of the dead, who judges the dead) - honorific language - Buddhism term ➜ 閻魔

noun:

• Osaka Conference; meeting held by the leaders of the Meiji Restoration in Osaka to discuss the formation of a representative assembly (January-February, 1875)

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to do reverence (e.g. before a statue of the Buddha); to pay one's respects
• to beg; to make a supplication
• to see (something or someone of high status) - sometimes used sarcastically in modern Japanese - humble language

noun:

• bystander's vantage point; outsider's better grasp of the situation - four character idiom

expression:

• onlookers see more of the game than the players do; people watching a game of go see 8 moves further ahead [literal]

noun:

• sumo management stock; one of the 105 titled trusteeships in the Japan Sumo Association; tradable share that entitles the holder to take part in the management of sumo - Sumo term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to signal the winner of a match (by the referee raising his fan towards the winner) - Sumo term
• to declare someone the winner (of a competition)

noun / ~の noun:

• the two views (of an object) referring to the same thing; being inseparable like the two sides of an object; two sides of the same coin - four character idiom

expression:

• the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; the neighbour's flowers are redder [literal] - proverb

noun:

• sound of the sea; sound of the waves
• sound of massed chanting of sutras, etc. - Buddhism term

noun:

• on the bank of; by the side of (e.g. a river, pond) - esp. ほとり
• (in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity; nearby

suffix noun:

• around (Sunday, last year, etc...) ［あたり］
• for instance ［あたり］

noun:

• black surgeonfish (Acanthurus gahhm, species of tang endemic to the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden in the western Indian Ocean)

noun:

• Buddha, Dharma, Sangha; The Three Jewels; Buddha, the teachings of Buddha, and the community of monks and nuns - Buddhism term ➜ 三宝【さんぼう】
• dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis) - usually written using kana alone
• roller (any bird of family Coraciidae) - usually written using kana alone
• Eurasian scops owl (Otus scops) ➜ 声の仏法僧

expression:

• (villains) of the same stripe; birds of a feather; badgers of the same hole [literal] - idiom

noun:

• times and situations; the course of events of the times; a turn of Fortune's wheel - four character idiom

noun:

• ratio of the margin of loss of an electoral candidate in a single-constituent district (used to break ties when determining the representative of a proportionally represented district)

noun:

• the rise of the curtain; opening (of play) ➜ 幕開き
• beginning (e.g. of an era); opening (festival, event, etc.)

expression / noun:

• why-why analysis; method of questioning that leads to the identification of the root cause(s) of a problem

noun:

• to; traditional unit of volume, approx. 18 litres
• square bearing block (at the top of a pillar) ➜ 枡形
• Chinese "Dipper" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿・玄武【げんぶ】

noun:

• (since) the beginning of the universe; (since) the dawn of time - four character idiom

temporal noun:

• since the creation (of the world); since the dawn of history - four character idiom