noun:

• luck, steadfastness and patience (the three keys to achieving success)

noun / adjectival noun:

• faint hopes; dim prospects; little hope; unlikely (to be successful)

adjective:

• longing to have or put something in one's mouth

noun:

• Leontopodium japonicum (species of perennial closely related to edelweiss)

noun:

• (long-handled) bamboo winnow used to sift earth or sand

noun / ~する noun:

• consultation at an office (as opposed to a house call) ➜ 往診

noun:

• Japanese religious census used to repress Christians (Edo period)

noun:

• Japanese children's game
• preliminary test to eliminate weak contenders - sensitive

noun:

• honorific reference to another's letter; tidings of peach blossoms

noun:

• pole on which to hang laundry for drying; clothesline

noun:

• holiday ➜ 物日
• day on which prostitutes had to receive clients ➜ 物日

noun:

• freedom to choose one's marriage partner, parental wishes notwithstanding

noun / ~する noun:

• forwarding documents regarding an additional charge to the public prosecutor

adjectival noun / noun:

• hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined

noun:

• sending word (by letter, messenger, etc.); writing (to someone)

noun / ~する noun:

• sprinkling water (to keep down dust, cool pavements, etc.)

noun:

• bonus paid to employees on occasion of a full house

noun:

• plump ears (large, fleshy earlobes), said to bring good fortune

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.) - idiom

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to begin an explanation (argument, story, etc.)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be replaced with new growth

pronoun:

• you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors) - archaism ➜ 主【ぬし】

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to perform religious rites for the repose of a soul

expression / ichidan verb:

• to stop in the middle of a sentence

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to attack the enemy in his unguarded moment