noun:

• the charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; (so beautiful that) flowers are abashed and the moon hides [literal] - four character idiom ➜ 閉月羞花【へいげつしゅうか】・羞月閉花【しゅうげつへいか】・沈魚落雁【ちんぎょらくがん】

noun:

• dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing - Buddhism term

noun / ~する noun:

• changing one's attitude; turning over a new leaf; getting a fresh start - four character idiom

adverb / noun:

• finishing writing, work, etc. at a stroke (stretch); knocking something off without a break - four character idiom

noun:

• karamon; large gate with a karahafu gable (typically at a temple, shrine or castle) ➜ 唐破風

noun / ~する noun:

• presenting a hand-copied sutra to a temple (or money, etc. in its place) ➜ 写経

noun:

• stratagem for causing a rift in the enemy camp by using a seditious plot - four character idiom

noun:

• large sake cup

noun / ~する noun:

• gulping down a drink; taking a swig at something

noun:

• low entrance (usually, but not always, to a teahouse) with a tiled archway overhead

noun:

• chocolate given by a boy to a girl on Valentine's day - obscure term

noun:

• fabless; without fabrication facilities (esp. a semiconductor company that does not own a factory) - From English "fabless"

expression:

• cream rises to the top; a drill in a bag (will always poke through) [literal] - proverb

noun:

• downstage right pillar (on a noh stage) used as a positioning guidepost for actors

noun:

• loading goods on a truck - From English "vanning"
• remodelling a station wagon, light van, etc.

expression / adjective:

• unable to move; held up; swamped; stuck between a rock and a hard place - idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• staying for two or more nights in a row (e.g. at a hotel)

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to look after; to take care of; to keep; to hold on to; to keep in custody
• to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to be entrusted with
• to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment); to leave undecided
• to take upon oneself (to do); to settle (a matter) oneself

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to burn
• to roast; to broil; to grill; to bake; to toast; to barbecue
• to heat; to heat up
• to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake; to fire; to burn
• to tan (i.e. suntan); to burn ➜ 灼く【やく】
• to print (a photo); to burn (an optical disc)
• to be jealous of; to be envious of; to envy ➜ 妬く【やく】

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of
• to decide to - usually written using kana alone ➜ 事にする

noun:

• branch manager; manager of a branch office

noun:

• shape of a globe; globe shape

~の noun:

• spherical

noun:

• shrine office; office of a Shinto shrine

noun / ~する noun:

• bachelor's life; life of a bachelor

noun:

• political realignment; a realignment of political parties - four character idiom

noun:

• spring dawn; dawn of a spring day ➜ 暁