noun:

• flashing lights; revolving lights; lights used on the top of emergency vehicles

noun:

• temporary worker; seasonal worker; worker with a fixed term contract of employment

noun:

• divine power; sacred power; mysterious power
• Shinriki (variety of rice) ［しんりき］

noun / ~する noun:

• a rise above a certain level (of a stock price, etc.) Antonym: 台割れ

adverb:

• sound of an object breaking loudly; ripping sound; tearing sound - onomatopoeia
• being stylish ➜ ぱりっと

noun:

• rice polishing (removing the shell of brown rice to leave white rice)

noun / ~の noun:

• in operation (of a machine, especially security cameras); in use; in action

noun:

• five letters; five signs
• first five syllables of a waka or haiku ➜ 和歌・俳句

noun:

• popular book; widely-read book; book of which there are many copies ➜ 流布本

noun:

• other side; other party; other end (e.g. of phone connection); opposition ➜ 相手【あいて】

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.)