expression:

• mirror found in hell in Enma's chamber that allows people to see their good and bad deeds - Buddhism term ➜ 閻魔

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be vivid; to be crisp
• to be clear-headed; to be alert; to be on the ball; to be wide awake
• to look upbeat; to be perky; to be cheerful - often as 冴えない
• to master (a skill); to excel at; to cleanly execute
• to be satisfying - often as 冴えない ➜ 冴えない
• to become frigid; to become intensely cold - original meaning; now somewhat old-fashioned

noun / ~する noun:

• opening a business; opening a practice

noun / ~する noun:

• making a bid; tendering a bid

noun:

• a political organization; a political organisation

noun:

• kindling a fire; lighting a fire

noun / ~する noun:

• staging a story; filming a story

noun:

• a considerable number; a fair number

noun:

• a political organization; a political organisation

noun / ~する noun:

• repaying a favor; repaying a favour

expression:

• a bit more; a bit longer

noun:

• breaking a lock; picking a lock

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving a club; quitting a club ➜ 入部【にゅうぶ】

expression:

• a bit more; a bit longer ➜ もう少し

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper - idiom
• to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth

noun:

• closing party (e.g. a theater show); cast party; party to celebrate successful completion of a project

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• (move) slowly (e.g. walk); sluggishly; stolidly; ploddingly; heavily - onomatopoeia ➜ のっそり

noun:

• move into low gear - From English "shift down"

noun:

• building where one keeps oxcarts and other conveyances inside a private estate
• resting area for one's oxcart, wagon, etc.

noun:

• carrying (on one's shoulder); bearing; shouldering; taking responsibility for
• bucket carried on either end of a pole - abbreviation ➜ 担い桶

noun:

• children's lunch box of cooked rice and a Western-style side dish (popular late Meiji and Taisho periods)

noun:

• wait to turn either of two pairs into a pung to finish one's hand - Mahjong term

expression:

• The evil persons are the right object of Amida's salvation; The evil persons have the unique opportunity to go to heaven - four character idiom

noun:

• railway station; train station
• staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan)

adjectival noun / adverb / noun:

• soon; in a moment; before long; shortly
• nearby; close

~の noun / noun:

• direct
• spot transaction; cash transaction ➜ 直取引