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

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• expected to arrive (occur) in the near future

noun:

• in-box driver - IT term

expression:

• nowhere in particular; just out for a bit; (euph. for) toilet break

noun:

• type of commission system in the book industry in Japan

noun:

• shopping street in the precincts of a shrine (temple)

noun:

• atmospheric depression originating in Taiwan - four character idiom

noun:

• star in the sky on a spring night

noun:

• in ordinary days

noun:

• being caught in one's own trap - four character idiom

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to have a trade; to have a vocation ➜ 手に職をつける

noun / ~する noun:

• scoring in succession (points, sets, etc.)

noun:

• fish found in coastal waters

ichidan ~ずる verb (alt. form of じる verbs):

• to have in common (with) ➜ 一脈相通じる

noun:

• paying in advance