expression / noun:

• divine messenger; messenger of a god (esp. an animal messenger)

noun:

• vitality; ability to earn a living

noun:

• corsage; small bouquet worn by a woman - From French
• bodice of a woman's dress - archaism

noun:

• pomato; cross of a tomato and a potato

noun:

• civet; stew of a game animal, red wine and various alliums (often thickened with the animal's blood) - Food term - From French

noun:

• leniency policy; addition to Japan's antitrust law that allows lower fines for the first company involved in a cartel, etc. to admit their involvement - Law term ➜ 独占禁止法

noun:

• Let's Play; recorded playthrough of a video game (usu. with player commentary)

noun / ~の noun:

• being dissolute and unruly; ruining oneself by leading a fast life - four character idiom

noun:

• lyric sheet; card with the lyrics to a song

expression:

• you learn, without realising it, from what is around you; a shop-boy near the temple gate (will recite sutras untaught) [literal] - proverb - abbreviation ➜ 門前の小僧習わぬ経を読む【もんぜんのこぞうならわぬきょうをよむ】

noun:

• convert; person converted to a religion or belief

noun:

• mausoleum; (temporary) resting place of a corpse

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