noun:

• aizuchi; back-channeling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention
• two smiths hammering at an object in turn ➜ 向こう鎚

expression:

• avoiding unnecessary talk can prevent disaster falling on one; there is safety in silence; the pheasant would not be shot but for its cries [literal] - proverb

expression:

• something that cannot be done no matter how hard one tries (and is slightly frustrating because of this); eye drops from the second floor [literal] - idiom

noun / suffix noun:

• earth; ground; land; soil
• place
• territory
• bottom (of a package, book, etc.) ➜ 天地無用
• earth (one of the five elements) ➜ 五大・土【ど】

noun:

• highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road
• highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...) ➜ 出世街道【しゅっせかいどう】

noun:

• Muraji (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to seventh highest of eight) - archaism

noun:

• widow (one or more lines separated from the rest of the preceding passage by page or column break) - obscure term - IT term ➜ 分断前部

noun:

• orphan (one or more lines separated from the rest of the following passage by page or paragraph break) - obscure term - IT term ➜ 分断後部

noun:

• immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); mountain man (esp. a hermit)
• one not bound by earthly desires or the thoughts of normal men

noun:

• special seats and standing-only space in the galley for people who only intend to see one act of a kabuki play

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to affect; to put on airs
• to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be - as …を気取る

noun:

• pair of compasses; compass (for drawing circles, etc.) - From Dutch
• (mariner's) compass
• legs; step; gait

noun:

• weight
• weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; grandeur; dignity
• importance; significance

noun / ~する noun:

• percussion; tapping; examining by percussion - Medicine term
• sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)

noun / ~する noun:

• mass for the dead; Buddhist service held on the anniversary of someone's death

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to take advantage (of somebody's weaknesses, carelessness, etc.); to impose on

noun:

• futon or cloth attached to the kotatsu's frame; cover for kotatsu

noun:

• coverall apron (esp. for cooking, cleaning, and household chores); cook's apron

noun:

• (something resembling a) goose's neck
• glans; head of a penis

ichidan verb:

• to steal a glance; to intercept and read (e.g. other people's email)

noun:

• everybody's friend; person who is affable to everybody - oft. used derogatively
• flawlessly beautiful woman; flawless beauty

expression:

• some prefer nettles; there's no accounting for taste; every man to his taste - proverb

noun:

• comedian who plays a lover's part; man who is both handsome and fun - halfway between 二枚目 and 三枚目 - four character idiom

noun:

• having consent (e.g. to do something); having (someone's) assent ➜ 納得

noun:

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