noun:

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

noun:

• short end of the stick; short straw; unlucky number; blank; bad bargain

noun:

• seats immediately in front of the stage (e.g. in kabuki); pit; orchestra; parquet

adjectival noun / ~の noun / noun:

• hottish; salty; somewhat hot; kind of salty; on the dry side
• strict; harsh

noun:

• arrow with a whistle attached; whistling arrow used to signal the start of battle ➜ 嚆矢

noun:

• rail (any bird of family Rallidae, esp. the water rail, Rallus aquaticus)

noun:

• nail hider; nailhead cover; decorative object which conceals the head of a nail - Architecture term

ichidan verb / transitive:

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

noun:

• ridge-end tile with the figure of a Shachihoko (e.g. on a castle)

noun:

• catalogue with the entire works of one artist (used to check authenticity); catalogue raisonne - From French

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to fail one step short of great success; to fall at the last hurdle - idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• resultative (refers to a conjunction where what follows is a result of the preceding)

noun:

• Shōkyō era (of the Northern Court) (1332.4.28-1333.5.?); Shōkei era

noun:

• Country of Na (a country that existed within Japan during the Yayoi period)

noun:

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

noun:

• game of (blindfolded) tag similar to the children's swimming pool game "Marco Polo"

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

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to wet the lips of a dying person; to attend someone's last moments

noun:

• arm (esp. upper arm) - archaism

counter:

• counter used to measure the thickness of round objects

noun:

• Potsdam Conference (Jul.-Aug., 1945 conference regarding the postwar occupation of Germany)

noun:

• ancient Shinto (as practiced prior to the Introduction of Confucianism and Buddhism to Japan)

noun:

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

expression:

• with great vigour; in leaps and bounds; with the force of surging waves [literal]

expression:

• poverty is a stranger to industry; diligence is the mother of good fortune - proverb