noun:

• (in Japanese history) crude warrior from the eastern parts of the country; wild man

noun:

• view in the distant offing where the sea and skyline cannot be distinguished - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• presenting a hand-copied sutra to a temple (or money, etc. in its place) ➜ 写経

ichidan verb / transitive:

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

noun:

• bake off (when a bakery bakes its wares from dough brought in from elsewhere)

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