expression:

• Happy events are often accompanied by difficulties; Unsullied joy is rare - four character idiom

noun:

• residence maintained by a daimyo in Edo

noun:

• One Belt, One Road (Chinese development strategy); OBOR

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to reveal something by washing the surface
• to bring to light; to reveal by investigation

expression / ichidan verb:

• to appeal to one's reason

expression:

• by the way; incidentally

noun:

• shrine whose rituals are attended by an imperial envoy (who presents offerings)

noun:

• one's sick wife

noun:

• lunchbox made with loving care by one's wife

expression / noun:

• just one person; only one ➜ たった

noun:

• history of one's love affairs - four character idiom

noun:

• yell made by archers when firing a volley of arrows; yell which opens a battle

adverb:

• before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares - from いつか知らぬ ➜ いつの間にか

noun:

• one's own ground; one's own position; one's own area of the field (soccer, rugby, etc.)

noun:

• difference between track followed by front and back inner wheels when turning

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to stick one's nose into (someone else's business); to meddle; to interfere; to butt in - idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• one-of-a-kind item

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to set one's teeth; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth

adjectival noun:

• (wearing) low over one's eyes

noun:

• handling one's workmen

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to have training bouts with one's junior during practice (of a senior wrestler) - Sumo term

noun:

• stopping a sword stroke between one's bare hands

noun / ~する noun:

• making one's best exertions - four character idiom

expression / noun:

• one's second home; home away from home

noun / ~する noun:

• purifying oneself (religiously) by abstaining from eating meat - four character idiom