noun:

• gilt-top

noun:

• top three ➜ 強

noun:

• top two ➜ 強

expression / ichidan verb:

• to find fault with; to rain on one's parade; to nitpick; to quibble

expression / noun:

• a thorn in one's side; a pain in the butt (often someone higher in rank, ability, etc.); nuisance; something in the way - idiom

expression:

• women are not as clever as they think; women should know their place; even a clever woman will fail at selling a cow [literal] - proverb

godan ~る verb:

• to do in place of or on behalf of (someone)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to settle down; to get a steady job; to marry and raise a family
• to attire oneself; to outfit oneself

noun:

• water from the capital (Kyoto), rumored to have a whitening effect - archaism
• type of washing lotion from the end of the Edo period - archaism ➜ 化粧水

noun:

• obstruction markings (red or yellow and white markings on structures taller than 60 meters in accordance with Japanese aviation law)

noun:

• speedrun; playing through a video game for additional challenge (e.g. as quickly as possible, to obtain the highest score, without using a certain weapon, etc.) ➜ やり込み【やりこみ】

noun / ~する noun:

• ranking equal with; comparing favourably with; comparing favorably with

noun / ~する noun:

• cover; covering; dust jacket
• cover song; cover version
• coverage

~する noun:

• to compensate for (a loss); to offset (a weakness); to back up

noun / ~する noun:

• leaping; activity
• leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic)
• making great strides; making rapid progress
• emerging
• becoming active; playing an active part

expression:

• a wise man changes his mind, a fool never; the wise adapt themselves to changed circumstances - proverb ➜ 君子豹変【くんしひょうへん】
• the wise make no scruple in suddenly changing their demeanor - proverb - colloquialism

expression / noun:

• match made in heaven; perfect match; great coupling; bush warbler in a plum tree (a common motif in poetry and classical Japanese painting) [literal] - idiom

noun:

• bathing

~する noun:

• to bathe; to take a bath; to enter a bath

noun:

• word for word; verbatim; a single word and a single phrase

noun:

• omen; sign of luck
• origin; history; causation
• dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing - orig. meaning - abbreviation - Buddhism term ➜ 因縁生起

noun:

• central figure; pillar (e.g. of the nation); mainstay; chief support; leader
• chief; boss; leader; head
• master carpenter
• beams and ridge supports of a roof - orig. meaning

noun:

• inner sanctuary; inner shrine; sanctum sanctorum; holy of holies; place behind main hall of a temple enshrining temple founder, miraculous Buddhas, hidden statues, etc. - Buddhism term

noun:

• rear gate (esp. of castle); back entrance ➜ 大手【おおて】
• one who arrests
• force attacking the rear of a castle ➜ 大手【おおて】
• (opponent's) weak point

adjective:

• unlike; unbecoming; unworthy of; out of keeping with

noun / ~する noun:

• visit to a shrine or temple; paying homage at a shrine or temple

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to exercise one's authority as a (noun); to act as a (noun) - after noun ➜ 先輩風を吹かす