noun:

• fight to the finish; desperate struggle; life-and-death struggle - From English "death match"

noun:

• visiting a shrine or temple to give thanks for the fulfilment of a prayer

noun:

• cotyledon; seed leaf (i.e. the first leaves to emerge when a seed sprouts)

noun:

• arrow with a whistle attached; whistling arrow used to signal the start of battle ➜ 嚆矢

noun:

• catalogue with the entire works of one artist (used to check authenticity); catalogue raisonne - From French

noun / ~する noun:

• resultative (refers to a conjunction where what follows is a result of the preceding)

expression:

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

noun:

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

noun:

• arm (esp. upper arm) - archaism

counter:

• counter used to measure the thickness of round objects

noun:

• Lorelei (Loreley); Rhine maiden who lured sailors to their doom
• rock in the Rhine

expression:

• poverty is a stranger to industry; diligence is the mother of good fortune - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• forced relocation of a daimyo to a different domain by the Edo shogunate

expression:

• cream rises to the top; a drill in a bag (will always poke through) [literal] - proverb

expression:

• a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course

expression / adjective:

• knowing how to swim with the tide; being good at dealing with things ➜ 要領がいい【ようりょうがいい】

noun:

• former Christian (forced to apostatize during the Edo period); fallen Christian

noun / ~する noun:

• helping a long-term employee to establish a branch of the same shop

expression:

• nowhere in sight; seems to be no prospect; up in the air - usu. as ～のめどが立たない, etc. ➜ めどが立つ【めどがたつ】

expression:

• nowhere in sight; seems to be no prospect; up in the air - usu. as ～のめどが立たず, etc. ➜ めどが立つ【めどがたつ】・めどが立たない

adverb:

• for the present; for the time being; at present; in the meantime ➜ 差し当たり

noun:

• main gate; front gate - obscure term
• latter half of the Lotus Sutra, which describes the nature of the Buddha - Buddhism term ➜ 迹門

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to writhe (in pain); to be in agony
• to be anguished; to be agonized; to be troubled

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to jump to one's feet; to spring to one's feet; to stand quickly

noun:

• Chrysanthemum Festival (the 9th day of the 9th lunar month) (one of the five annual festivals) ➜ 五節句

noun:

• the clear top of a liquid; the clear layer in a fluid, atop the sediment