noun:

• chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce - abbreviation ➜ 金平牛蒡

noun:

• three famous ancient calligraphers: Emperor Saga and Tachibana (no) Hayanari and Kooboo Daishi

noun:

• dictionary giving etymology and describing historical changes in meaning and usage

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• composed and unhurried; easygoing and leisurely; in indolence - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• broad-minded and free in disposition; large-hearted and not scrupulous about trifles - four character idiom

noun:

• eel and cucumber salad, finely sliced, dressed in sake, soy, and vinegar - Food term

expression:

• fields and rice paddies that have been abandoned and are no longer cultivated

noun:

• time of year when television and radio replace programs (usu. spring and fall)

noun:

• village school (esp. in Edo-era Japan, and ancient Korea and China)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to put on a bold front; to act big; to be unyielding
• to act formally; to act stiffly

expression / ichidan verb:

• to fall into (someone's) hands; to fall under someone's control; to become someone's property (e.g. of an object)

noun:

• pouring hot water on oneself before entering the bathtub; hot water poured on oneself before entering the bathtub
• pouring hot water on oneself repeatedly (type of hot-spring cure)

adverb / ~と adverb:

• gradually; little by little; in a breezy manner - onomatopoeia

adverb:

• soon; before long - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb:

• here and there; scattered - onomatopoeia

noun:

• spots; dots; pimples; rash - onomatopoeia

noun:

• outdoor bench (placed under the eaves of a house and used for cooling off during the summer)

noun:

• charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; great beauty; (so beautiful that) the moon hides and flowers are abashed [literal] - four character idiom

noun:

• fruit of a cactus in genus Opuntia (incl. prickly pears and cholla); cactus pear

expression:

• financially ruining oneself by overindulging in food and drink (as a fabled tendency of the people of Osaka) ➜ 京の着倒れ・食い倒れ

ichidan verb:

• to take off something (e.g. a pair of shoes) and leave them neatly aligned side by side

noun:

• silvertip shark (Carcharhinus albimarginatus, a requiem shark found throughout the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans)

yodan ~ふ verb (archaic) / intransitive verb:

• to serve (by a superior's side) ［候ふ］ - archaism

auxiliary verb / yodan ~ふ verb (archaic):

• to be - auxiliary used in place of ある after で or に when forming a copula - archaism - polite language
• to do - auxiliary used in place of ます after a -masu stem - archaism - polite language

expression:

• at someone's (something's) mercy

suffix / expression:

• 's house; 's home - from 〜のうち - abbreviation ➜ 家【ち】

noun / ~する noun:

• closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.); coming close to; pressing hard
• pressing hard (e.g. with a question); taking to task; grilling

noun:

• swollen face; puffy face - From English "moon face"
• moon display on a watch indicating am or pm (usually analogue)