noun:

• warfare in which soldiers fling themselves at the enemy; hand-to hand combat

noun:

• geisha - Kansai dialect ➜ 芸者・芸妓
• kabuki actor (esp. a young actor) - archaism ➜ 若衆【わかしゅ】
• someone accomplished in the arts - archaism

noun:

• Hall for State Ceremonies (in Heian Palace, Kyoto Imperial Palace, etc.) ➜ 十七殿

noun:

• person who has died at his post (in the performance of his duties)

noun:

• nakamise; shops lining a passageway in the precincts of a Shinto shrine

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to allow a less skilled person to practice with one (esp. in sumo) ➜ 胸を借りる

noun:

• doh; do; 1st note in the tonic solfa representation of the diatonic scale

noun:

• fa; fah; 4th note in the tonic solfa representation of the diatonic scale

noun:

• soh; so; 5th note in the tonic solfa representation of the diatonic scale

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• composed and unhurried; easygoing and leisurely; in indolence - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• broad-minded and free in disposition; large-hearted and not scrupulous about trifles - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• firmly bear in mind; have something engraved on one's mind (heart) - four character idiom

noun:

• sudden reversal in the tide of events; the situation taking a new turn - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• freely; in complete control of; with complete freedom; at will; as one pleases - four character idiom

noun:

• school for training bachelor girls in homemaking arts; (a type of) finishing school - four character idiom

noun:

• clumsy person; bungler; person with no particular talents (in performing arts); nondrinker; nonsmoker - four character idiom

noun:

• bad ending (in a film, novel, etc.); unhappy ending - From English "bad end"

ichidan verb:

• to write incorrectly (e.g. character); to make a mistake in writing

noun:

• a doubt that lurks in one's soul and that cannot be resolved

noun:

• punctuation words in haiku, renga, etc. such as "ya", "kana", "keri", etc.

noun:

• State Minister in Charge of Issues of Okinawa and Northern Territories

noun:

• collar; area around the collar
• counterclockwise (when seated in a circle); anti-clockwise

expression:

• the smartest thing in a tight situation is to beat a retreat - proverb ➜ 三十六計

interjection:

• yes; yeah; uh huh ➜ うん
• huh?; what?

auxiliary verb / suffix:

• not - negative verb ending used in informal speech; abbr. of negative verb ending ぬ ➜ ぬ

particle:

• 's - abbr. of particle の; indicates possessive ➜ の・の
• at (place, time); in; on; during - abbr. of particle に, used esp. when it precedes the verb なる ➜ に

noun:

• link to (a site, as used in page ranking that site)