noun:

• young master (respectful way of referring to the son of a high-ranking person) - honorific language

noun / ~の noun:

• transmission of the secrets of an art, craft, trade or learning from father to son - four character idiom

noun:

• Ksitigarbha (jizo) who listens to people's complaints (statue at the Keihou Temple at Nagoya)

noun:

• air guitar (imaginary instrument used when pretending to play the guitar)

expression:

• not exactly correct, but pretty close to it; not far off the mark

noun:

• V-sign; hand gesture similar to the peace sign, representing victory or happiness

noun:

• people who study or work while listening to the radio (or watching television, etc.)

noun:

• yellow dog contract (employment contract which forbids the employee to join a labor union)

noun:

• Imperial Declaration of Humanity (wherein Hirohito renounced the imperial claim to divinity; Jan. 1, 1946)

noun:

• series of articulated plates attached to the back and sides of a Japanese helmet ➜ 兜

noun:

• hairstyle for men and women from early Edo era to the Genroku era

noun:

• multiple people holding the same item with their chopsticks
• passing something from chopstick to chopstick

expression:

• come!; imperative form of the verb "kuru" ("to come"), expressing a command or strong request ➜ 来る【くる】

noun:

• gathering evidence (e.g. to back a news story); getting the facts; obtaining supporting evidence

noun:

• chained library; library where the books are attached to their bookcase with a chain

noun:

• pachinko nail adjuster; pachinko parlor employee who adjusts the machines to regulate profit and loss - colloquialism

noun:

• one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to crash into
• to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand)
• to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)

noun:

• mekuri karuta (card game popular in the late Edo period)
• hanafuda; Japanese playing cards (12 suits of 4 cards, each suit representing a month indicated by a flower) ➜ 花札

noun / ~する noun:

• enrollment in kindergarten; enrolment in kindergarten
• entering a park, garden, zoo, etc.

noun:

• hypocrite; dissembler; wolf in sheep's clothing; fox in a lamb's skin

noun / ~する noun:

• roasting in foil wrapper; food roasted wrapped in foil

adverb:

• in general; generally
• as a whole; all in all; altogether; summing it up

expression:

• while looking on in blank amazement; while gazing at it in shock ➜ あれよあれよ

expression / ichidan verb:

• to ask for instructions; to ask for someone's opinion; to inquire of
• to invoke an oracle; to consult an oracle