noun:

• principal object of worship at a temple (usu. a buddha or bodhisattva); principal image; idol
• the man himself; the person at the heart of the matter - humorous term

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to suffer a blast or indirect blow; to be subject to the surplus force of an impetus

expression / ichidan verb:

• to guarantee (someone's ability or the quality of their work); to vouch for; to endorse ➜ 太鼓判を押す

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request) ➜ 手を突く

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request) ➜ 手を突く

expression / ichidan verb:

• to rake over the coals; to scold; to chastise; to roast - idiom ➜ 灸を据える
• to burn moxa on the skin - orig. meaning ➜ 灸を据える

expression / ichidan verb:

• to rake over the coals; to scold; to chastise; to roast - idiom
• to burn moxa on the skin - orig. meaning

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

noun:

• hit
• success
• guess; prediction
• affability; friendliness
• sensation; touch
• bruise (on fruit)
• situation in which a stone or chain of stones may be captured on the next move (in the game of go)
• bite (of a fish on a hook); strike - also written as 魚信 ➜ 魚信

suffix:

• per; each

noun:

• comparing autumn leaves to a garment
• layered garments that mimic the colours of autumn leaves (worn from the 9th to the 11th month of the lunar calendar)

noun / ~する noun:

• staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first
• constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to establish a lead
• to distinguish (between); to ascertain or tell the difference (between); to discriminate

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to bathe in; to be flooded with (e.g. light); to be covered in
• to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon; to be showered with

noun:

• banishment (to a location far from the capital); the harshest of the three banishment punishments under the ritsuryo system

expression:

• the husband is always the last to know; everyone knows of the wife's infidelity but the cuckolded husband - idiom

noun:

• indies; independent film or music

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to develop a rash or inflammation (e.g. in response to a skin irritant); to react to (something)
• to be strongly influenced (usu. negative or critical nuance)

noun:

• cash offering made on the occasion of one's visit to a shrine; money offering dedicated to the Shinto gods; fees for offering a branch of the sacred tree to the gods

noun:

• in-house; (on) the grounds; (in) the premises; hall; theatre; theater Antonym: 場外

expression:

• a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush - proverb

noun:

• pivot hinge (using extensions on the top & bottom of a door that fit into cavities in the frame)
• sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut) ➜ 猿

expression:

• pie in the sky; castle in the air

noun:

• dumplings offered to the moon (on the 15th day of the 8th month and the 13th day of the 9th month)

expression:

• well-known only to those in the know; be well-known but to the few; highly regarded by a select few