noun:

• commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force against the barbarians; great, unifying leader

noun / ~する noun:

• leading (movement, revolution, etc.); guiding
• instructing in Buddhism; converting (someone) to Buddhism - Buddhism term
• advocacy ➜ 唱道

~の noun / adjectival noun / noun:

• bloody; gory; covered in copious amounts of blood; blood-drenched
• desperate; frantic

noun:

• dictionary giving etymology and describing historical changes in meaning and usage

noun:

• atrium; well (in building); vault ➜ 階段の吹き抜け

noun / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• blow-by; blow-bye; blowout

~の noun:

• drafty; draughty

adjectival noun / ~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself - four character idiom

noun:

• game in which the object is to topple the opposing team's pole

noun:

• backward glance; sidelong glance ➜ 尻目にかける
• faceless ghost with an eye in its rump ➜ のっぺらぼう

noun:

• young person
• servant; errand boy in a samurai family
• person of lowly status

adjective:

• black with hints of blue (as in a bruise); bluish black

noun:

• public bathhouse
• building with a bath (esp. in a shrine or temple)

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