noun:

• life as evanescent as the dew

~の noun / noun:

• staff-shaped

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to sit at a desk (to study); to set to work on revision, homework, etc.

noun / ~の noun:

• supplement; appendix; addendum

noun:

• side entrance; tradesman's entrance; service entrance; staff entrance

godan ~つ verb:

• to pierce through; to stand (of something sharp or pointy); to thrust (up)

expression:

• enjoying a long life is a matter for congratulation; cranes live for 1000 years, turtles live for 10,000 years [literal] - proverb

expression / noun:

• next flight
• next post; next mail

noun:

• status bar

ichidan verb:

• to use excessively; to use too much; to spend too much; to overwork someone

noun / ~する noun:

• burnishing; glazing; polishing

noun:

• tunnel ➜ トンネル

noun:

• Japanese box tree (Buxus microphylla var. japonica); Japanese boxwood

noun:

• flower placement in a hanging vessel

noun:

• wicker clothes hamper

noun:

• young Japanese amberjack (Seriola quinqueradiata) - Kansai dialect ➜ 鰤

noun:

• being forced to commit seppuku
• to be forced to bear responsibility and resign from one's position ➜ 詰め腹を切らされる

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to be uniform (in size and quality); to be uniformly good

noun:

• lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus) - obscure term ➜ 時鳥

noun:

• overcast sky in the rainy season

noun:

• Japanese mugwort ➜ 蓬

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to become stuck up; to become conceited; to get cocky; to take advantage of someone's kindness or patience

noun:

• Ministry of International Trade and Industry

noun:

• great burdock sold covered with soil ➜ 牛蒡

noun:

• fertile shoot of field horsetail ➜ 杉菜
• wooden stick with a burned tip (used to create underdrawings) ［どひつ］ ➜ 焼き筆