noun:

• Sad Mac (symbol used by older-generation Apple Macintosh computers) - IT term

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)

noun:

• Chinese "Chariot" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿・朱雀【すざく】

noun:

• gidayū ballad drama (narrative accompanied by a shamisen used in the bunraku puppet theater) ➜ 義太夫

noun:

• a report (of one's findings)

noun:

• the five commissioners (administrative organ of feudal Japan established by Toyotomi Hideyoshi) ➜ 五大老

noun:

• duty of confidentiality (concerning private matters learned through one's business) - four character idiom

noun:

• corn (on one's foot) ➜ 魚の目

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice) - unorthodox version of 荒らげる ➜ 荒らげる

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• for something unexpected to happen (to someone or something one is close to) - idiom

expression:

• (deciding to do something) abruptly; at the turn of a dime - usu. as 足元から鳥が立つように - idiom

noun:

• very auspicious day for all types of occasions (one of the six special days in the Japanese lunisolar calendar) - four character idiom

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to feel blocked (of one's chest or throat, due to grief, anxiety, illness, etc.); to feel pressure; to feel pain ➜ 閊える

noun:

• tephra (particles ejected by an eruption)

noun:

• humorous mask of a homely woman's face (characterized by a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks)

noun:

• government official (esp. one of low to medium rank); public servant - archaism

noun:

• qieyun (ancient Chinese dictionary arranged by rhyme, displaying characters' meanings and representing their pronunciation with fanqie)

expression:

• relationships (formed by wealth) will end when the money ends

noun / ~する noun:

• (one's) work performance; performance record; service record

noun / ~する noun:

• breaking off short (in one's speech); rendered speechless for a moment - four character idiom

noun:

• Teimon school (of haikai, founded by Matsunaga Teitoku)

noun:

• Dynastic period (the Nara period and esp. the Heian period, characterized by the rule of the emperor as opposed to shogunate) ➜ 武家時代

noun:

• Budget Committee of the lower house of the Diet (one half of the yosaniinkai) ➜ 予算委員会

noun:

• iron mask (worn by samurai)

noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• intoxicated (by liquor or music); entranced; enraptured

noun:

• (one's) step-parents