noun:

• three greatest teas of Japan (Uji-cha, Sayama-cha and Shizuoka-cha)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to gasp for air; to pant; to be out of breath ➜ 息急き切る【いきせききる】

noun:

• soil
• loamy soil; loam; soil with clay content of 25-37.5%

expression:

• the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence - proverb ➜ 隣の芝生は青い

noun:

• mind; spirit; soul; heart; ethos
• attitude; mentality; will; intention
• spirit (of a matter); essence; fundamental significance

noun:

• back; lower back; waist; hips; lumbar region
• body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring - usu. コシ

noun / ~する noun:

• breathing; respiration

noun:

• knack; trick; secret (of doing something)
• harmony; balance; synchronization; accord
• short interval; short pause ➜ 一呼吸

noun:

• wing
• Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) ［よく］ - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿・朱雀【すざく】

suffix / counter:

• counter for birds or bird wings ［よく］ - archaism

noun:

• chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); stovepipe
• carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter - slang

noun:

• district; county ［ぐん］
• district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period) ➜ 国郡里制

noun / ~する noun:

• toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something)
• drinking one's glass dry

interjection:

• cheers

noun / ~する noun:

• search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt
• legally authorized search of a person, building, etc. - Law term

noun / ~の noun:

• one breath; pause; rest
• one go (i.e. in a short time)
• small amount of effort

noun:

• expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; calculations
• purpose; intention; motive; ulterior motive
• others' opinions of one
• speculation - Finance term

noun:

• alumnus (alumnae); graduate; old boy (girl)
• former member of an organization
• former inhabitant (country, region, etc.)

noun:

• white paper; flyleaf

noun / ~の noun:

• blank paper

noun:

• clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.
• scratch; beginning ➜ 白紙に戻す

noun:

• tool; means
• ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.)

counter:

• counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.

adjectival noun / noun:

• clumsy; awkward; unskillfulness; lack of ability
• tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); gauche
• mean; cowardly; base - archaism

noun:

• Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver ➜ 五節句

adjectival noun:

• agile; nimble; light (of foot)
• casual (clothing); light (e.g. luggage)
• carefree; with limited responsibility

~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about) - four character idiom

noun:

• one person; one customer - honorific language
• unmarried woman (with no children) over the age of 30 - colloquialism ➜ 負け犬

noun:

• new town (esp. planned satellite towns of Osaka Prefecture); new housing development

noun:

• morning star; Venus ➜ 金星【きんせい】
• preeminent person (within their own field); star (of the stage, silver screen, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• being in dire distress; being hard put to it - four character idiom
• the four and eight kinds of suffering - Buddhism term ➜ 四苦・八苦