noun:

• improvement in efficiency

noun:

• crucian carp caught in midwinter - best season for eating them ➜ 鮒

expression:

• not in keeping with the occasion

noun:

• in view of the present situation

expression / ~する verb (spec.):

• to be left in the dust of; to play second fiddle (to); to take second billing (to)

expression:

• in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to increase in value; to gain prestige

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to drag in; to pull in

noun:

• artistic modulations in traditional Japanese performances; opening, middle and climax (end)

auxiliary verb / conjunction:

• in order to do; for the purpose of doing - contraction of するべく

expression:

• in no time; in a flash - abbreviation ➜ 間髪を入れず【かんはつをいれず】

noun:

• high in the sky; highest heaven

noun:

• dustproof clothing one would use in a cleanroom

noun:

• climate of the third month of the lunar calendar in Okinawa (end of the dry season); early summer

noun:

• a drop in the ocean (bucket) - four character idiom

noun:

• preserving in salt; salting down

noun:

• the market trend in the near future - four character idiom

noun:

• southerly wind that blows when the cherry trees are in bloom - obscure term

adverbial noun / noun:

• in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability - four character idiom

noun:

• skilled engineer (mechanic) who is clumsy in all other matters; person who gets a great kick out of tinkering with anything mechanical - four character idiom

expression:

• in brief; to put it succinctly

noun:

• Edo-period realm of the Japanese (as opposed to the Ainu) in southern Hokkaido ➜ 蝦夷地【えぞち】

noun:

• brother-in-law

noun / ~する noun:

• offering a cup (of sake) in return

noun:

• father-in-law; foster father; stepfather