ichidan verb / transitive:

• to turn up (one's face)

noun / ~と adverb / ~たる adjective:

• tinkling sound (esp. bell on the Emperor's carriage); bright sound of metal being struck - archaism

noun:

• cry of the phoenix - archaism

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to give vent to (one's feeling); to hint (at something); to intimate; to suggest

noun / ~の noun:

• iris (of the eye)

adverb / ~と adverb:

• cracking sound (e.g. cracking one's knuckles); crunching sound - onomatopoeia

noun:

• the three grand national holidays (Prayer to the Four Quarters, Empire Day, the Emperor's Birthday; pre-1927) ➜ 紀元節・四方拝・天長節

noun:

• Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land) - four character idiom - Buddhism term ➜ 阿弥陀

noun:

• bare midriff (clothing style that exposes one's midriff)

noun:

• transfer ceremony (wherein a shrine's sacred object is moved from one building to another) ➜ 式年遷宮祭

noun:

• Nagata-chou (Japan's political center; equiv. of Downing Street)

noun:

• attitudinal expression (indicating the speaker's respect, contempt, etc. for the listener or the person being discussed)

noun:

• soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish) - polite language - Food term ➜ 雑煮【ぞうに】

noun:

• stick used to drive off birds (during the New Year's procession) - archaism ➜ 鳥追

expression:

• in contrast to (one's, its) appearance

noun:

• boot camp for new recruits (conducted by Japan's Self-Defence Force)

noun:

• wattle (of a bird's neck)

noun / ~する noun:

• inquiring about (one's health)

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• repeatedly opening and closing (one's mouth); gasping - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~する noun:

• flapping (e.g. shoe sole); gaping open and shut - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• heartily (eating); devouring; munching; gobbling - onomatopoeia

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to spread (one's) wings

expression / ichidan verb:

• to crack (person's voice); to squeak ➜ 裏返る【うらがえる】

noun:

• the three worms (in Taoism, worms that inhabit the human gut and, on the eve of the 57th day of the sexagenary cycle, ascend to heaven during one's sleep to report on one's wrongdoings) ➜ 庚申待

noun:

• the art of giving a brief glimpse of something (e.g. one's underwear)

noun:

• (pitcher's) control - Baseball term ➜ 制球

noun:

• small country with a small population (The Chinese philosopher Lao-tze's ideal of a state) - four character idiom

noun:

• driving out evil spirits (on New Year's eve) ➜ 追儺