noun:

• wind that blows from north to north-east during spring and summer along the coast of the Sea of Japan ➜ あいの風

expression:

• which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ... ➜ そう言えば【そういえば】

expression:

• you can't rely on parents and money to stay around forever; money comes and goes; so do parents - proverb

temporal noun:

• that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that

noun:

• leader of a (large) group ➜ 小頭
• large decorative black flagpole tassel made from tail hair (of a yak, horse, ox, etc.) or dyed hemp ➜ 大纛
• leader of a (large) group
• puffbird (any bird of family Bucconidae) - usually written using kana alone
• first makushita rikishi listed on the banzuke - Sumo term

noun / ~する noun:

• service; ministry; attendance; church work
• offering goods at a reduced price; providing a service for free

noun:

• reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); trailing note
• lingering memory; aftertaste
• suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)

expression:

• once a fool, always a fool; stupidity won't be cured without death [literal] - proverb

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• tender sentiments; being overcome with emotions; having a tender feeling (for a person) - archaism - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• wind blowing snow down a mountain
• removing snow from the roof of a house

noun:

• yell made by archers when firing a volley of arrows; yell which opens a battle

noun:

• very old type of kiln made by digging a hole in the side of a hill

noun:

• small country with a small population (The Chinese philosopher Lao-tze's ideal of a state) - four character idiom

expression:

• Very truly yours (a complimentary close used in a letter written in an old epistolary style) - four character idiom

expression:

• Very truly yours (a complimentary close used in a letter written in an old epistolary style) - four character idiom

expression:

• the world is a scene of constant changes; the blue sea turns into a mulberry field [literal] - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• establishing (a new family register); compiling (an electoral register, a list of school-age children, etc.)

noun:

• changing one's attitude or conduct and making a new start; turning over a new leaf

adverb:

• bang bang (sound of a hammer or gunfire) - onomatopoeia
• doing something at a mad pace (spend money, work)

noun:

• art project which is done in place of a graduation thesis at a college of arts ➜ 卒制

noun:

• place where there is a god or spirit; place containing the sacred object of a shrine

noun:

• draft of a magazine's content (usu. a table showing the allocation of each page)

noun:

• punch-style can opener (punches a round or V-shaped hole in a can of liquid)

noun:

• power of finality (of a legal decision, e.g. when a case is dismissed with prejudice) - Law term

noun / ~する noun:

• rōnin; ronin; masterless samurai
• waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination ［浪人］

noun:

• person out of work; jobless person ［浪人］
• wanderer; drifter ［浪人］ - orig. meaning - archaism