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

noun / adjectival noun:

• great inconvenience; great deal of trouble; big nuisance; royal pain in the behind

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to sit on the edge of one's seat; to be in breathless suspense

noun:

• person in charge of preparing food for rikishi (usually performed by low-ranking rikishi) - Sumo term

noun:

• "sushi mat" (bamboo mat used in food preparation, especially to roll makizushi) ➜ 巻寿司

noun:

• stone statue of Jizo (often found along roads) ➜ 地蔵
• taciturn person; person uninterested in romance

noun / ~する noun:

• studying in the morning (by oneself); brief "self-study" period before morning classes begin

noun:

• Lorelei (Loreley); Rhine maiden who lured sailors to their doom
• rock in the Rhine

noun:

• general term for the nine holes in the body of humans and other mammals

expression / noun:

• in front of one's eyes; just nearby; within a stone's throw

noun:

• Copper Age (period in which metal tools started to be used alongside stone tools)

noun:

• member of a (school) club who does not partake in the club's activities - humorous term ➜ 帰宅部

noun:

• bing-bong bang-bong (Big Ben chimes, used as a bell in Japanese schools) ➜ 予鈴

noun:

• shift away from rice consumption; consumers losing interest in eating rice

noun:

• ritsu scale (anhemitonic pentatonic scale primarily used in gagaku: re, mi, so, la, ti)