noun:

• backslapping; a smile and a tap on the shoulder [literal]
• backslapper; someone who smiles and gives you a slap on the shoulder; someone who wins people over

noun:

• an entertainment; a show

noun / ~する noun:

• suddenly seeing the light; achieving full enlightenment all of a sudden - four character idiom

noun:

• wintry moon; a winter month

expression / noun:

• place where fire is likely to break out; possible cause of a fire

noun:

• fatwa; legal pronouncement in Islam, issued by a religious law specialist on a specific issue - From Arabic "fatwa"

noun:

• milling machine; a mill

expression / ichidan ~ずる verb (alt. form of じる verbs):

• to have secret communication with; to have a tacit understanding with

godan ~う verb:

• to blunder; to fail; to make a mistake; to miss ➜ 損なう・仕損じる【しそんじる】

noun:

• meeting one's master for the first time (of a new servant); ceremony at which a new servant has his first audience with his new master - archaism

noun:

• roadside land prices; price of land adjoining a major road, used to calculate inheritance and gift taxes

noun:

• pet dog; keeping a dog

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• lonely and crestfallen; a lonely and heavy-hearted figure - four character idiom

expression:

• great human beings never lose the innocence of childhood; a virtuous ruler never loses the spirit of the common people - from Mencius - proverb

~の noun / ~する noun:

• epiphytic; designating a non-parasitic plant that grows on other plants ➜ 着生植物

noun:

• full impact; packing a punch - four character idiom

noun:

• rivalry over winning the right to host an event; competition to lure (attract, invite) (institutions, manufacturing facilities, foreign tourists, etc.) to a locality - four character idiom

expression:

• the child is father to the man; the soul of a child of three (is the same) at 100 [literal]

expression:

• in an easy-to-understand manner; in a very kind and detailed way

noun:

• red beard; person with a red beard ［あかひげ］
• Westerner ［あかひげ］ - derogatory term
• Ryukyu robin (Erithacus komadori)

adverb:

• soundly (of sleeping); (sleeping) like a log - onomatopoeia

noun:

• humble language in which an action or object is not directed toward the listener (or a third party); humble language used as a courtesy ➜ 謙譲語Ｉ

noun:

• clerical appearance; appearance of a priest - Buddhism term
• teachings of Buddha; condition of the universe at creation; in the pure land teachings, the name of Amitabha, or prayers to Amitabha; investiture of a Buddhist priest

noun:

• edge of town; outskirts of a village

expression:

• sharp eyes and ears used for collecting information far and wide; having the acumen and shrewd discernment gained by widely-collected information; being well-versed on a subject; books which broaden our knowledge - four character idiom