noun:

• bizarre literature; the literature of the bizarre - four character idiom

noun:

• the world of music; the music world

noun:

• leavings of a meal; food scraps; leftovers
• food particles (in one's teeth or mouth); bits of food

noun:

• white vinegar; plum vinegar made without perilla ➜ ホワイトビネガー・梅酢【うめず】
• dressing consisting of a dashi-diluted mixture of vinegar, ground sesame, tofu, sugar and salt - Food term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to

conjunction:

• used when referring to oneself in a letter to one's superior - humble language ➜ 下る
• after a time; later; down to (e.g. from the Restoration down to present day)
• used when listing items or people by decreasing worth, rank, etc.

noun:

• the concerned government agencies; the ministries and agencies that are relevant to the matter at hand; the relevant authorities - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• losing by being overmatched; being defeated by a stronger opponent
• losing by misusing one's powers; defeat as a result of trying too hard

noun / ~する noun:

• (coincidence of) mutual sentiment; sharing the same sentiment with somebody; finding oneself on the same wavelength as somebody; seeing eye to eye - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving the mound; being knocked out - Baseball term ➜ 登板
• resigning from a role or position

adverb:

• from afar; over a great distance; all the way

noun:

• (in Chinese mythology) beast which descends from the sky with a thunderbolt

noun:

• criminal conspiracy (participation in the planning a crime, but not its execution)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to pierce something all the way through (with a lance, arrow, etc.) - obscure term

expression:

• suffix used to negate a verb in the past tense - polite language - archaism ➜ ませんでした

noun / ~する noun:

• creeping (i.e. growing along the ground, etc. similar to a vine)

expression:

• suffix used to negate a verb in the non-past tense - Kansai dialect ➜ ない

interjection:

• humph; hmph

noun:

• place where the sacred palanquin is lodged during a festival ➜ 旅所

noun:

• someone or something that just gets in the way; a burden ➜ 荷物

expression:

• rushing to one's doom; (like a) moth flying into the flame - idiom

noun:

• clay bed-warmer (cylindrical with holes in the sides, containing a brazier)

noun:

• house built like a kura, with the walls covered in mud

noun:

• supporter; cheerer (e.g. from the sidelines at a sporting event); rooter

noun:

• upstage left pillar (on a noh stage), next to the flute player

noun:

• appointed official sent to administer a certain region (in the Ryukyu Kingdom)