noun:

• distance from the seam in the back of a kimono to the end of the sleeve

expression:

• one of the 72 climates (from the 16th to the 20th of the first lunar month) ➜ 七十二候

noun:

• Hundred Schools of Thought; general term for the large number of scholars and controversialists, and their respective schools, that flourished during China's Spring and Autumn period and Warring States period - four character idiom

noun:

• bottle of whiskey (whisky) that a bar customer buys, writes his name on, keeps on a shelf at the bar, and drinks little by little on successive visits - From English "keep bottle"

noun / ~する noun:

• breaking ground; ground-breaking (ceremony)

noun:

• New Year's ceremony in which a hoe is used to break ground in a field lying in a lucky direction

godan ~む verb:

• to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct; to oppose; to thwart

noun / ~する noun:

• discharge (e.g. of water from a dam)
• liberation; stocking (e.g. a river with fish)

~の noun / adverb:

• by nature; from the very beginning; through and through; at heart
• absolutely (not); (not) at all - followed by a verb in negative form

noun:

• doll clothed in chrysanthemum flowers and branches; doll made from chrysanthemum flowers
• beautiful but stupid girl

noun:

• younger princess Antonym: 兄姫
• Princess of the Dragon Palace (from the story of Urashima Taro); Oto-Hime

noun:

• long "o" vowel arising from combination of the "o" and "u" or "e" and "u" sounds

expression:

• one of the 72 climates (from the 11th of the second lunar month until the 15th) ➜ 七十二候

expression / ichidan verb:

• to chase one's gloom away; to free one's thoughts from melancholy - obscure term

noun:

• camel
• camel (cloth); cloth made from camel hair
• camel (color); light yellowish brown ➜ 駱駝色【らくだいろ】

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to skim the scum from broth or liquid; to skim (a liquid) ➜ 灰汁

~する verb (spec.):

• to profit; to benefit from
• to take advantage of; to make good use of

noun:

• Earth light (illumination of the moon by light reflected from the Earth); earthshine

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to wander from place to place; to change jobs

expression / ~する verb (spec.):

• to originate with; to start with; to stem from - often 〜に端を発する

noun:

• projecting signboard; side signboard; signboard projecting from a building

noun:

• projecting signboard; side signboard; signboard projecting from a building ➜ 袖看板

godan ~う verb:

• to pray that one avoids disaster or illness; to pray - archaism
• to pray for the death or misfortune of another; to curse
• to treat illness with prayer

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

expression / ichidan verb:

• to get up (from sitting) ➜ 腰を下ろす
• to finally start to do something; to get off one's arse (ass)

noun:

• annual event of miso-making
• first steps of miso making, from simmering the beans to fermentation