noun / ~する noun:

• burial (disposal of a body) by exposure to the elements; aerial sepulture (burial)

expression:

• the clothes do not make the man; the cowl does not make the monk - proverb

noun:

• in the mountains; among the mountains

noun:

• groove in a shamisen player's fingernail caused by the friction of the string of the instrument ➜ 糸道【いとみち】

expression:

• though the woman is weak, the mother is strong - proverb

noun:

• guard of the inner garden

expression:

• there is no comparison between the two; it's not a same-day discussion [literal] - proverb

noun:

• man-in-the-middle attack - IT term

expression:

• those who wish to rule the land must first cultivate their own characters, then manage their families, then govern their states; only then can they bring peace to the land (a mantra of Confucianism) - proverb

noun:

• 15th day of the 10th lunar month

noun:

• the Tairas

noun:

• wait for the middle tile of a three-in-a-row which will finish one's hand - Mahjong term

noun:

• the late shift

noun:

• twelve signs of the zodiac

expression:

• clouds that stand like a mountain peak during the summer

noun:

• dying by the wayside

expression / ichidan verb:

• to pay the debt - sensitive

noun:

• official during the ritsuryo period who was allowed to use the state-provided stables and horses - archaism

noun:

• game of chance similar to rock, paper scissors, where the different hand gestures symbolize a fox, a hunter and a village head

noun:

• piled out in the open

noun:

• country closed to information from the outside world

noun / ~する noun:

• stirring up trouble to get credit from the solution - From English "match pump, i.e. lighting a match and then putting it out with a water pump"

expression:

• blessed are the peacemakers; one should appreciate and follow the advice of a mediator - proverb ➜ 時の氏神【ときのうじがみ】・挨拶

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to bid up the price of

noun:

• the tip of an edged instrument
• sharp words; vicious character