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Proverb

good wine needs no bush; talent stands out

hiding one's mistakes (or wrongdoings, etc.)

back pocket

white kidney bean

Asparagus schoberioides

standing panel used in Kansai-area rakugo to hide the performer's legs from view; knee-hider

hiding in the nest

rove beetle

lousy carpenter

tiles used to cover nail holes in cypress bark roofing for the purpose of waterproofing

Word usually written using kana alone

dor beetle (of family Geotrupidae)

Geotrupes laevistriatus (species of dor beetle)

fascia board; facia board

pent roof built atop the stairs of a shrine or a building in a classic aristocratic villa

Proverb

if you are hungry, where you eat doesn't matter; manjū in the toilet

Idiomatic expression

hiding something good for oneself alone

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

Hagakure (treatise on bushido as told to Tashiro Tsuramoto by Yamamoto Tsunetomo, 1716)

scarlet runner bean (Phaseolus coccineus)

cover-up

algae octopus (Abdopus aculeatus)

Proverb

if you want to hide a tree, the best place is a forest

Proverb

if you want to hide a leaf, the best place is a forest

Food, cooking

black turtle bean; black bean

Dated term

toilet; lavatory

Rare term

to retire from public service

last day of the month

to die (for a nobleman)