expression / noun:

• equality before the law; equality under the law

~する noun:

• to be scattered; to straggle; to be found here and there

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make a mess of it; to make a hash of it; to fail and lose face; to embarrass oneself
• to spread miso (e.g. on konnyaku) - orig. meaning

noun:

• the eight kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha) - Buddhism term

noun:

• someone who has a title but no real duty; useless person ➜ 取り巻き
• actor playing a daimyo who merely sets the scene as part of the background (in kabuki) - original meaning ➜ 大名

expression:

• take care of it; I'll leave it up to you; do as you see fit ➜ 計らう

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• the other day; some time ago; recently

expression:

• prior to; in advance of ［さきだって］ ➜ 先立つ【さきだつ】

noun:

• Forgive me for dispensing with the preliminaries, but I hasten to inform you that... - formal salutation for a brief letter

noun:

• student waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination ➜ 浪人

noun:

• minor or untalented actor (relegated to roles such as the legs of a stage horse)

noun:

• type of crime which requires a formal complaint from the victim in order to prosecute - Law term

noun:

• allowance paid by the Sumo Association to a coach for each wrestler in his stable - Sumo term

noun:

• etalon (optical element with parallel surfaces used to increase the coherent length of a laser)

noun:

• Yamataikoku; historical Japanese state thought to have existed during the late Yayoi period

noun:

• tiles used to cover nail holes in cypress bark roofing for the purpose of waterproofing

noun:

• banded houndshark (Triakis scyllium, found in the northwest Pacific from southern Siberia to Taiwan)

noun:

• oval pad with two long strips tied underneath the obi to make it look fuller

noun:

• implements used to enhance the effect of a play (e.g. props, costumes, etc.)

noun:

• day in the near future when a major event is expected to occur - colloquialism - From English "X-day"

noun:

• case that something major happens; event of an emergency; when it comes to the crunch

noun:

• waiting (e.g. at the stage door) for performers or celebrities to arrive - slang ➜ 出待ち

noun:

• King's goanna (Varanus kingorum, species of small carnivorous monitor lizard native to the Australia)

noun:

• place where one spends the night to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction - the へ is pronounced as え in this word - archaism ➜ 方違え・方塞がり

noun:

• to stamp on the ground rhythmically while singing ➜ 鼓腹撃壌
• ancient Chinese game of wooden clog throwing

noun:

• room in Edo castle where the shogun's council of elders attended to governmental affairs