noun:

• two highest ranked wrestlers in juryo division - Sumo term

noun:

• student studying and working at the school

noun:

• direct import (export)

noun / ~する noun:

• indulging in pleasure; giving oneself up to enjoyment - obscure term

expression:

• break in the rain; letup in the rain - colloquialism

expression:

• with rice stuck on one's face - usu. as a tease: お弁当つけてどこ行くの？ - idiom - humorous term

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to smooth with the hand; to stroke; to comb (down)
• to pluck a stringed instrument

conjunction:

• by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing - abbreviation - slang ➜ ちなみに

expression / ichidan verb:

• to have tears in one's eyes; to be close to crying

noun:

• comprehensive list of famous places in Kyoto accompanied with pictures and text

noun:

• separation with divorce in the offing

noun / ~する noun:

• increase in cost - From English "cost up"

noun:

• the almighty dollar

noun:

• black tassel hung above the northwest corner of the ring - Sumo term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to do something with painful reluctance; to have one's hair pulled from behind [literal] - idiom

noun:

• reduction in working hours - abbreviation ➜ 労働時間短縮【ろうどうじかんたんしゅく】

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• time-saving

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to suit the convenience of; to accommodate

noun:

• Grand Cordon of the Order of the Precious Crown

noun:

• making a piece of clothing with the same cloth inside and out; making a kimono with lining of the same fabric - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• the same origin

noun:

• same year in school

noun:

• the Health Insurance Act

noun:

• the eight basic brush strokes in writing Chinese characters - four character idiom

noun:

• the same clan

noun:

• ne bis in idem; prohibition against double jeopardy