expression:

• to have a comeback (i.e. a reason, or rationalization) for every remark - idiom

noun:

• wooden scoop, used for bathing ➜ 湯桶

expression / ichidan verb:

• to pray for

noun:

• Forgive me for dispensing with the preliminaries, but I hasten to inform you that... - formal salutation for a brief letter

noun:

• needle for the blind stitch

noun:

• light used for brightly lighting up a plaza, building, etc.

noun:

• portable stove for boiling water to make tea used for the tea ceremony during the summer

noun:

• former name for makushita division - Sumo term

expression:

• time and tide wait for no man - proverb

noun:

• compartment in a fishing boat with seawater for reviving or keeping alive fresh fish or bait

noun:

• rural areas

noun:

• cooking over a second fire to prevent contamination from one's everyday fire for performing Shinto rites; cooking over a second fire to prevent contamination from mourning people, menstruating women, etc.

noun:

• nakiri bocho, var. of Japanese knife used for cutting vegetables

noun:

• Labour Relations Commission for Seafarers

noun:

• vase for one flower

noun:

• clothes for wearing near home; casual clothes - From English "one mile wear"

noun:

• food for specified health uses (e.g. cholesterol reduction); FOSHU; designated health food ➜ 特保

noun:

• confidence-building measures; CBM

noun:

• palace workshop responsible for making furnishings, etc. (Heian period)

noun:

• caring for one's parents in return

noun:

• location famous for production of something (usually food)

noun:

• file wrapper for a patent; correspondence about the status of a patent between the inventor and the patent office

godan ~う verb:

• to be mistaken for; to be confused with

noun:

• divorce of a couple who have been married for a long time (brought on by retirement of the husband) - colloquialism

noun:

• integrated routing - IT term