expression / noun:

• being kept in the dark (about); being excluded; being kept out of the loop; outside the mosquito net [literal] - idiom

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to breathe in and breathe out

noun:

• one's sister-in-law; stepsister (elder)

noun:

• break in the rain
• waiting for a break in the rain

noun:

• maid-in-waiting (ritsuryo system) - archaism

noun:

• in the shape of a pillar or column

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to set somebody to work in an arrogant fashion; to push somebody around; to indicate by pointing one's chin [literal] ➜ 頤で人を使う【あごでひとをつかう】
• to chatter; to jaw; to jabber - slang

noun:

• the mid-month's slate of entertainment in a variety hall

noun:

• paper bag for putting a present in

noun:

• labor participation in management (labour)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to visit (someone) in hospital

expression:

• in witness whereof ...

expression:

• nothing in particular; none in particular

noun:

• cucumber sushi wrapped in nori (seaweed)

noun:

• hazy weather in spring

noun:

• young men who are not competitive as in the traditional male stereotype, including in the avid pursuit of money and sex, and who may also be kind, co-operative and family-oriented - abbreviation ➜ 草食系男子
• men who pretend they aren't interested in women; spineless males; men with no balls - abbreviation - slang

noun / ~する noun:

• placing of body in coffin

noun:

• professional negligence resulting in injury or death

noun:

• the matter in question; the said problem

adverb:

• in spite of oneself; absently; involuntarily ➜ 我にも非ず

noun:

• drive-in theater; drive-in theatre

noun:

• waiting in front of a temple to be accepted for training (in Zen Buddhism) - Buddhism term

noun:

• medicinal drink made from plants steeped in mirin

noun:

• woven in stripes

noun:

• all things in nature; the whole creation - four character idiom