expression / godan ~す verb:

• to disgrace one's ancestors; to tarnish the honour of one's ancestors

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to find fault with other people rather than oneself; (for the pot) to call the kettle black

noun:

• règle des trois unités; the three unities (time, place and action)

noun:

• outer-rise earthquake; earthquake in the region seaward of a deep-sea trench

noun:

• taking up a new line of work; the beginning of things
• starting the preparations for New Year's festivities (December 8 in Tokyo, December 13 in Kyoto)
• resuming work after the New Year's vacation ➜ 仕事始め

expression:

• intending to persuade someone and instead being persuaded oneself; going for wool and coming home shorn; the biter bit; the mummy hunter himself becomes a mummy [literal] - idiom

noun:

• Pinophyta; division comprising the conifers

noun:

• period of prohibition of remarriage; period after the cessation of a marriage in which the woman is prohibited from remarrying (100 days) - Law term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to kill; to choke the life out of

noun:

• taishiki mode; one of the six main gagaku modes - Music term ➜ 六調子

noun:

• collar; area around the collar
• counterclockwise (when seated in a circle); anti-clockwise

noun:

• period of prohibition of remarriage; period after the cessation of a marriage in which the woman is prohibited from remarrying (100 days) - Law term ➜ 待婚期間

noun:

• Yggdrasil; The World Tree

noun:

• childcare leave; leave taken after the compulsory maternity leave ➜ 出産休暇【しゅっさんきゅうか】

noun:

• epigeal stem; (normal) plant stem which is above the ground Antonym: 地下茎

noun:

• Thymallus; genus of freshwater fish in the salmon family Salmonidae

expression:

• fools rush in where angels fear to tread; the blind don't fear snakes [literal] - sensitive - proverb

noun:

• both bare shoulders; stripped to the waist ➜ 片肌

noun:

• Hexanchus; genus of sixgill sharks in the family Hexanchidae comprised of 2 extant species

noun:

• Quanrong; ethnic group from northwest of China during the Zhou dynasty (1046-221 BCE)

noun:

• retainer; attending on the nobility

noun:

• banishment (to a location far from the capital); the harshest of the three banishment punishments under the ritsuryo system

noun:

• fleeing in all directions; (in Japanese history, a reference to) farmers who abandoned their fields and fled to the cities or other districts to evade onerous taxes

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to turn out just as one wished; to play into the hands (of)

noun:

• twelfth lunar month; 12th month of the lunar calendar ➜ 師走