expression:

• to put new wine into old wineskins; to put new wine into old bottles - idiom - obscure term

expression:

• as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of)
• apart from... (used to change the topic)
• even (e.g. "not even a single person") - before a negative form
• thinking that...; trying to... - after a volitional form ➜ とする

noun / ~する noun:

• ecdysis; shedding (of skin); sloughing; molting; moulting; casting off
• freeing oneself; breaking with (convention, etc.)

noun:

• cold-suffering bird; kankucho; imaginary bird said to live in the Himalayas who forgets the cold of night as soon as morning comes - Buddhism term
• (lazy) person who is poor at practicing asceticism; person unlikely to reach satori - idiom - derogatory term - Buddhism term

noun / ~する noun:

• pacing (e.g. in athletics, etc.); pacing oneself

expression / adverb:

• (hurrying along) falling and stumbling; falling all over oneself

noun / ~の noun:

• living by oneself; living alone

noun / ~する noun:

• tossing oneself about in great pain; writhing in agony - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• dashing around on a horse; running around; exerting oneself (for another)

expression / noun:

• conducting oneself properly; right conduct; doing the right thing

noun:

• beside oneself with joy; in raptures; in an ecstasy of delight - four character idiom

noun:

• the three worms (in Taoism, worms that inhabit the human gut and, on the eve of the 57th day of the sexagenary cycle, ascend to heaven during one's sleep to report on one's wrongdoings) ➜ 庚申待

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up

noun:

• young imperial prince
• child of the imperial family
• shrine dedicated to a child of the god of the main shrine ➜ 本宮
• newly built shrine (to which a divided tutelary deity has just been transferred) ➜ 勧請

particle:

• at (place, time); in; on; during
• to (direction, state); toward; into
• for (purpose)
• because of (reason); for; with
• by; from
• as (i.e. in the role of) ➜ として
• per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month")
• and; in addition to
• if; although - archaism

noun:

• double-dealing; double tongue; going back on what one has said
• repeating oneself

adjectival noun / ~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself - four character idiom

expression:

• losing oneself; on top of the world; walking on air; frivolous - idiom

noun:

• drawing a dish towards oneself using one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette)

pronoun:

• I; me
• oneself ［われ・わ］
• you ［われ・わ］ - archaism

prefix:

• prefix indicating familiarity or contempt ［わ］ - also 和 - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving one's seat (before an event is over); excusing oneself (from a meeting, conversation, etc.)

noun:

• peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu) - archaism ➜ 蝦夷
• provincial (i.e. a person who lives far from the city)
• brutish, unsophisticated warrior (esp. used by Kyoto samurai to refer to samurai from eastern Japan)
• foreigner; barbarian - derogatory term

noun:

• three-part joke, where the first two parts are similar and mundane, while the third is the punchline (e.g. How do you get to my place? Go down to the corner, turn left, and get lost.); rule of three (in comedy writing) ➜ 落ち【おち】

noun:

• 2:00 to 2:30 AM; 3:00 to 3:30 AM
• dead of night; middle of the night; midnight

expression / ichidan verb:

• to search for a way out of a potentially fatal situation; to seek for a way out of a desperate situation