expression:

• good wine makes good blood; sake is the best of all medicines - proverb

noun:

• miscellany (classification of Japanese poetry unrelated to the seasons or to love)

noun:

• Eid al-Fitr (festival marking the end of Ramadan); Id ul-Fitr - From Arabic

noun:

• steered wheel (e.g. at the front of a car); steering wheel

noun / ~する noun:

• concurrently studying the teachings of two or more different schools or sects

noun:

• stairs - はし refers to the stairs leading from a building to a garden ➜ 階段
• stairs at the front of a noh stage ［きざはし］

noun:

• boa catshark (Scyliorhinus boa, species from the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico)

noun:

• post horse; horses used in the post-station system of old Japan - archaism

noun:

• woman in waiting in the inner part of a lord's mansion - archaism ➜ 御殿女中・奥女中

noun:

• (one's) handling of the reins; how well one controls things

noun:

• wild fox
• fox spirit from the Kyushu region capable of possession ［やこ］ - archaism

noun:

• Brachycome (genus of asters, esp. the swan river daisy, Brachycome iberidifolia); Brachyscome

noun:

• room connecting the two main rooms of a building; intermediate room

noun:

• chakra; centers of spiritual power in the human body, in Indian thought - From Sanskrit

noun:

• cinquefoil (Potentilla matsumurae); potentilla; Japanese alpine perennial of the rose family

noun:

• ranking vice-minister in the Department of Worship (ritsuryo system); deputy minister - archaism ➜ 大輔【たいふ】

noun / ~する noun:

• sudden emergence; sudden formation; coming out of nowhere; bursting onto the scene - slang

noun:

• Congo Free State (1885-1908 name of the Belgian Congo)

noun:

• service in the second reserve; military reserve force comprised of ex-servicemen

noun:

• cuff (of pants); hem (of skirt); train (of dress); foot (of mountain)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be meant for each other (of a man and woman); to be connected through fate; to be destined to marry (each other); to be tied by the red string (of fate) [literal] - idiom ➜ 赤い糸

noun:

• the same place; the same address; the said place

expression / adverb:

• in the end; after all is said and done; at the striped mullet's ultimate maturity (when the striped mullet is fully grown) [literal] ➜ 鯔【とど】

expression / noun:

• fight from which neither part benefits (but a third part does); a fight between the snipe and the clam (ends in the fisherman's profit) [literal] - idiom ➜ 漁夫の利

noun:

• wall; partition
• barrier; obstacle
• Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) ［へき］ - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿・玄武【げんぶ】