~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• lonely and crestfallen; a lonely and heavy-hearted figure - four character idiom

noun:

• exegesis; explanation of a text; commentary on a text

noun:

• eldest child; oldest child; first-born child
• child who carries on the family name
• pre-ritsuryo official established in key provinces, responsible for administration of his home and surrounding provinces - archaism ➜ 律令制・総領【すべおさ】
• head of a warrior clan (Kamakura period) - archaism

noun:

• Protectorate General; Han- and Tang-period Chinese office established to pacify and control peoples on the frontier (during the Tang period, six major Protectorate Generals were established) ➜ 都護・西域都護府・安東都護府・安南都護府・安西都護府・燕然都護府・単于都護府・北庭都護府

noun:

• hourglass economy; economy having large upper and lower classes and a small middle class

noun:

• vehicle larger than a light motor vehicle, and subject to automobile registration and tax ➜ 軽自動車

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to go on a pub-crawl; to drink at a round of places

adverb / temporal noun:

• for the present; for the time being
• for a while; for some time

expression:

• take a long walk off a short pier; go stick your head in a pig; bash your head against the corner of a block of tofu and die [literal]

noun:

• new moon - Astronomy term
• first day of the lunar month
• (in ancient China) next year's calendar and decrees (distributed by the Emperor at year's end)

noun:

• hundred times worship (e.g. visiting a shrine or temple a hundred times for prayer, walking back and forth a hundred times before a shrine offering a prayer each time) ➜ 御百度

noun:

• sword

noun:

• pomato; cross of a tomato and a potato

noun:

• a foolish older brother and a smart younger - four character idiom

expression:

• with a gentle face and a nice word - four character idiom

noun:

• expectation that something took place, will take place or was in some state; it should be so; bound to be; expected to be; must be
• nock (of a bow)
• nock (of an arrow)
• nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger) - Sumo term ➜ はず押し【はずおし】
• wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out

godan ~む verb:

• to have a warped view; to be jaundiced; to be prejudiced
• to feel that one has been unfairly treated
• to be jealous; to be envious; to have an inferiority complex

noun:

• samurai costume; old ceremonial costume
• top and bottom; up and down; high and low; above and below; upper and lower ends ［上下］ - orig. meaning

noun / ~する noun:

• bringing up a matter; discussion; debate; submission (e.g. a measure); referral (e.g. bill to a committee); placing (e.g. item on an agenda)

expression:

• the former and the latter; A and B

noun:

• taking a wife by kidnapping a woman passing by on the road - archaism

noun:

• doing a job; riding and sweating up a horse

noun:

• a strong beginning and a weak ending; an anticlimax - four character idiom

noun:

• a minute and a half

noun:

• General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (abolished in 1995); GATT