ichidan verb / transitive:

• to write and throw away; to write carelessly; to begin writing then stop part-way through

adjectival noun / ~の noun / noun:

• straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct - four character idiom

adverb:

• at first; at the outset; to begin with

noun / ~する noun:

• sinking into deep thought; sinking to the depths; contemplation

noun:

• burning at the stake; burning to death

noun:

• do-or-die resistance; resistance to the bitter end

expression:

• Not a word to anyone; Mum's the word - four character idiom

noun:

• ability to oppose the thumb; opposable thumb

noun:

• Shikoku pilgrimage (to the 88 temples); Shikoku pilgrim ➜ 四国八十八箇所

expression:

• die all together; go to the grave together - idiom

noun:

• the journey before one; distance one has to travel

noun:

• snow guard (to prevent snow from sliding off of a roof); snow stop

noun / ~の noun:

• maximum

adverbial noun:

• to the maximum degree

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to throw in a shrimp and pull out a whale; to use a sprat to catch a mackerel; to get big returns on a small investment - idiom

noun:

• classical form of i-adjective inflection formed by contraction of the "ku" adverbial form with the classical verb "ari" ("aru")

noun:

• room behind the curtain of a noh stage, where the actors prepare; greenroom (noh); mirror room [literal]
• hall of mirrors (at Versailles)

expression:

• even the unskilled can succeed by a fluke given enough tries; even a poor marksman will hit the target with enough shots [literal] - proverb ➜ 下手な鉄砲も数撃てば当たる

noun:

• reed warbler (esp. the great reed warbler, but also the black-browed reed warbler) ➜ 小葦切・大葦切

noun:

• reed warbler (esp. the great reed warbler, but also the black-browed reed warbler) - obscure term ➜ 葦切

expression:

• very early in the morning; so early in the morning; at this ungodly hour

noun:

• night jessamine (Cestrum nocturnum); night jasmine; lady of the night; queen of the night

noun / ~する noun:

• ear clearing; clearing the ears; equalizing pressure in the ears with external pressure

noun:

• just law
• proper method
• the true teachings of Buddha; Period of the True Law - Buddhism term

noun:

• bass range (in Japanese music) - abbreviation ➜ 甲【かん】
• six even-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale ➜ 十二律・律
• Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale similar to Mixolydian mode (corresp. to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do) ➜ 呂旋

noun:

• cleaning dust etc. from rooms; housecleaning
• (the traditional Japanese end-of-the-year, 13th December) big house cleaning; spring cleaning (only not in spring) ➜ 煤掃き