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

noun:

• stalks of butterbur boiled in soy sauce

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be unwilling but to give in - usu. as 百歩譲って, 百歩譲っても

noun:

• (fish or vegetables) pickled in sake lees

noun:

• medium-ranked councillor in the Department of State ➜ 太政官・令外の官

noun:

• boiling in salted water (e.g. fish)

noun:

• terms of trade

noun:

• bamboo flute used in Qing music

noun:

• delay in performance; procrastination of execution - Law term

noun:

• welcome (beneficial) rain in a drought; realization of something eagerly looked for; a welcome relief