noun:

• hair at the temples; hair at the sides of the head

noun:

• being stuck between a rock and a hard place; being in a dilemma; being torn between conflicting demands

expression:

• a broken relationship can never be repaired; a divorced couple are never reconciled; a broken mirror will never shine again [literal] - proverb

noun:

• (being in) the red; deficit Antonym: 黒字
• red letter; red writing
• corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red

noun:

• left skirt of a kimono
• geisha (because they often walked holding the left hem of their kimono) ➜ 芸妓

noun:

• middle school (esp. the middle school section of a school that also encompasses other grades); junior high school ➜ 高等部

noun:

• judicial scrivener; judicial clerk; person qualified to prepare legal documents, handle real-estate transactions, etc.

noun:

• member (of a group led by a kumigashira); member (of a fire brigade)
• muntin; mullion; member; fret

noun:

• being something of a politician; having something of the politician in one - four character idiom

expression:

• (bringing up a child) with greatest care pampering (him, her) with material comforts of a rich family; (being brought up) in a hothouse atmosphere - four character idiom

expression:

• the principle of fluidity and immutability in haiku; Haiku is both "fluid and transitory" and "eternal and immutable."; An interchange between the transient and the immutable is central to the soul of haiku. (Basho) - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to draw the line (between two situations); to make a clear distinction ➜ けじめ
• to take clear responsibility for (mistakes, etc.)

noun:

• sake sold in a cup rather than a bottle; drinking sake from a regular-size cup rather than from a small sake cup

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to join a household (as a housewife or househusband); to become a housewife; to become a househusband

noun:

• sickle
• sickle-and-chain (weapon) - abbreviation ➜ 鎖鎌
• spear with curved cross-blades - abbreviation ➜ 鎌槍
• gooseneck tenon and mortise joint - abbreviation ➜ 鎌継
• noisiness - archaism
• part of a fish around the gills - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• complete emptiness (i.e. as a denial of the inherent existence of all things); nirvana (where this emptiness is realized) - Buddhism term

adjectival noun / noun:

• quiet and lonely - archaism

noun:

• chasing down; pushing down; deposing; ousting
• sacrificing to create a shortage of liberties, then capturing (in the game of go)

noun:

• God; god - honorific language
• ace; king; superior person; god (amongst men)

noun:

• The Classic of Poetry; The Book of Songs; The Book of Odes; Shijing; Shih Ching ➜ 五経

proper noun:

• Epistle to the Hebrews (book of the Bible); Letter to the Hebrews; Hebrews ➜ ヘブライ人への手紙

noun:

• night where one waits for someone who is supposed to come - archaism
• night of the 14th day of the eight month of the lunar calendar - archaism

expression / adverb:

• per person; per capita; per head

adjectival noun / noun:

• strange; weird; odd

noun:

• strange thing; strange person

noun:

• sleeper; sleeping person
• wearable blanket
• sleeper agent
• sleeper (bowling)

noun / ~する noun:

• putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank)
• accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank - Baseball term