noun:

• one-sided wait for the end tile of a three-in-a-row which will finish one's hand (i.e. for a 3 while holding 1-2, or for a 7 while holding 8-9) - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ 辺張待ち【ペンチャンまち】

noun:

• special envelope for monetary gifts

godan ~る verb:

• to gather in large groups

noun / ~の noun:

• sowing in spring

noun:

• Law for Stabilization of Supply, Demand and Prices of Staple Food ➜ 食糧法

noun:

• sit-in

noun:

• Buddhist image in the open ➜ 濡れ仏

noun:

• "grain in ear" solar term (approx. June 6, when awns begin to grow on grains) ➜ 二十四節気

noun:

• cause (grounds) for concern (anxiety); reasons for uneasiness - four character idiom

noun:

• economic downturn precipitated by the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy in 2008 - From English "Lehman Shock"

noun:

• silk or leather container for paper handkerchiefs, medicine, toothpicks, etc. ➜ 鼻紙袋

noun:

• someone who became a teacher for lack of anything better to do - slang - derogatory term

noun:

• in session; in progress; under way; open

noun:

• in that case

expression / adjective:

• unasked for; unnecessary; uninvolved ➜ お呼びじゃない【およびじゃない】

noun:

• adjusting one's fare for riding past one's destination

noun:

• for summer

noun:

• capstone in a cist (archaeology); dolmen burial chamber

noun:

• each paying for his own account; sharing the expenses; Dutch treat - four character idiom ➜ 割り勘

noun:

• legs bowed in; sitting with heels spread apart

noun:

• literary style from the Heian era onwards, often mainly in kana and written by women

expression / ichidan verb:

• to pay for one's transgression; to receive punishment for one's crime

expression / adjective:

• dark even in the daytime

noun:

• flowers that bloom in the heavens; paper flowers scattered before the Buddha's image - Buddhism term

noun:

• outer port for large city