noun:

• hourglass drum used in Nara-period court music ➜ 高麗楽

adjectival noun / noun:

• in desperation

noun / ~する noun:

• studying for a test (esp. school or university entrance examinations)

godan ~る verb:

• to decline in price; to fall in price

noun:

• in-process - IT term

adverb:

• in an angry mood; in anger; angrily; in a huff

noun / ~する noun:

• heating a vessel without water in it; heating an empty pan, kettle, boiler, bathtub, etc.

expression:

• any port will do in a storm; when you've lost your boat midstream, even a pot is worth a fortune [literal] - proverb

noun:

• person with a head for business

noun:

• mountain in early spring; mountain that has the appearance of spring

adverb / noun / ~の noun:

• in all sincerity; with one's whole heart; whole-hearted devotion - four character idiom

noun:

• cooking over the fire of an unclean home or a home in mourning; food prepared over the fire of an unclean home or a home in mourning ➜ 別火

noun:

• cord for attaching a sword scabbard tightly to the obi; sword strap; sword knot ➜ 鞘

expression / noun:

• cloud floating in a spring sky

noun / ~する noun:

• sitting heavy in one's stomach; remaining undigested

noun:

• recouping one's strength for a renewed attack (on); making another attempt with redoubled efforts - four character idiom

~の noun:

• important stone in a construction

noun:

• twig used in grafting; budwood

noun:

• method of dyeing in which a color repeatedly goes from dense to diffuse, diffuse to dense - imported from western China and used in Buddhist pictures, temple ornaments, etc., during the Nara and Heian periods

noun:

• rest for the lid of a teakettle (tea ceremony)

noun:

• genius for evil

noun:

• man who is uninterested in aggressively pursuing women; peaceable men who don't approach women as potential partners; herbivore [literal]

noun:

• burial mound for person who died for love

noun:

• four-legged tray for festive food

noun:

• lines in operation