noun:

• debt bondage (ritsuryo system); forced labor on failure to pay a debt

expression / adjective:

• patient; having a long fuse ➜ 気の長い

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to estimate; to make a prediction

noun:

• (being) slightly covetous; a little covetousness ➜ 大欲

expression / ichidan verb:

• to look coldly at; to turn a cold shoulder

noun:

• ski bus; bus that goes to a ski resort

noun:

• kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat - polite language - female language ➜ 炬燵【こたつ】

noun:

• hourglass economy; economy having large upper and lower classes and a small middle class

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to borrow; to have a loan - Kansai dialect ➜ 借りる
• to rent; to hire

noun:

• spring dawn; dawn of a spring day ➜ 暁

noun:

• cat tongue; thin cookie or chocolate shaped like a tongue - Food term - From French "langue de chat"

noun:

• alvar; biological environment based on a limestone plain with thin or no soil

noun:

• store that has been gone out of business; household that lives without carrying on a business

noun:

• stone sauna; facility where one rests on towels laid on a slab of heated natural rock

noun:

• freshly drawn bath; (taking) a bath before anyone else ➜ 仕舞風呂

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be extremely difficult; to present a major challenge

lower nidan verb (archaic) / intransitive verb:

• to partially heal; to get a bit better - archaism

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to get the short end of the stick; to get the bad end of a bargain

noun:

• town girl; girl raised in a town - obscure term

expression:

• generally speaking; in a broad way

noun:

• Heian era court lady's song (accompanying men's oouta); court lady singing a kouta ➜ 大歌
• ditty; ballad; short, hummable, popular tune from Muromachi era to early Edo era ➜ 小唄・端唄
• kyogen kouta; style of kyogen song based on the Muromachi songs, often love ballad
• noh kouta; unusual style of noh song based on the Muromachi songs

noun / ~する noun:

• an issue being settled; a case being closed - four character idiom

~の noun / noun:

• once in one's life; once in a lifetime - four character idiom

noun:

• blockhead; a fool

adverb / ~の noun:

• small amount; just a bit