noun:

• form of hopscotch in which the player kicks a stone through the course

adverb:

• first of all; in the first place

noun:

• playing an entire composition without break; continually playing (in the background of a melody)

noun:

• ninjutsu (fighting art of the ninja); ninja skills in secrecy, stealth and combat techniques - Martial Arts term

noun:

• cheap literature; writing for amusement
• light literature popular in the late Edo period

noun:

• ornately decorated horse used in processions of dignitaries
• horse led by a rope

noun / ~する noun:

• icing (on an aircraft, ship, etc.); ice accretion
• landing (a jump in ice skating) - Sports term

noun:

• field in which one acts unchallenged; unrivaled sphere of activity (unrivalled); one's monopoly

noun:

• dhyana-samadhi (meditative concentration) - Buddhism term
• ascetic practice atop a sacred mountain (in Shugendō) ➜ 修験道
• mountain top

noun:

• (in Japanese history) crude warrior from the eastern parts of the country; wild man

noun:

• view in the distant offing where the sea and skyline cannot be distinguished - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• presenting a hand-copied sutra to a temple (or money, etc. in its place) ➜ 写経

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to consider (all the circumstances); to bear (a number of things) in mind

noun:

• bake off (when a bakery bakes its wares from dough brought in from elsewhere)

noun:

• translation (esp. in court); interpretation
• Edo-era translation of Dutch and Chinese

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be allowed to practice with a partner of higher skill (esp. in sumo) ➜ 胸を貸す

noun:

• stratagem for causing a rift in the enemy camp by using a seditious plot - four character idiom

noun:

• very shrewd in preparing a means of escape; being very good at escaping danger - four character idiom

noun:

• flower-patterned material used to bind the ends of the spine in books

noun / counter:

• article (in document); provision ➜ 第一条【だいいちじょう】
• stripe; streak; line

suffix:

• although; though ➜ 言い条【いいじょう】
• since; as; because; inasmuch as

expression:

• fools rush in where angels fear to tread; the blind don't fear snakes [literal] - sensitive - proverb

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to take the responsibility (for an action); to carry out in a responsible manner

noun:

• in calligraphy, a style of holding the brush between the thumb and index finger ➜ 双鉤法

noun:

• in calligraphy, the four important tools of brush, ink stone, ink stick, and paper - four character idiom

noun:

• metal rod in a wooden plane which holds the chip breaker against the blade