noun:

• flour paste cake in the form of a tube

noun / ~する noun:

• depressed in spirits; rejection; disheartened; lacking nerve - four character idiom

expression:

• in one ear and out the other

expression:

• in accordance with plans; just as planned

godan ~る verb:

• to be in constant attendance

noun:

• in-line code - IT term

noun:

• increase in the level of academic achievement; popularisation of higher education

expression:

• in bound form

expression / ~よい adjective:

• comfortable to live in

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to cave in; to become depressed; to sink

noun:

• type of stew, usu. fish or vegetables in a mild broth; fish grilled unseasoned and then simmered slowly in soy and mirin broth

noun:

• Aimai accent, used in parts of Kanto

noun:

• type of loom used in olden times - archaism ➜ 空引き機
• loom; traditional loom

noun:

• liquor consumed in a teahouse

expression / ichidan verb:

• to excel in one thing; to be a master in an art

noun / ~する noun:

• join one's hands in prayer; pray with (the palms of) one's hands together - four character idiom

noun:

• chicken cooked in a shallow pan with vegetables

noun:

• toilet in a Zen temple

noun:

• food fried in butter - Food term

noun:

• well up in both literary and military (martial) arts; well skilled in wielding both the sword and the pen - four character idiom

noun:

• soba in hot broth, topped with a salty-sweet dried herring

noun:

• priest in charge of a temple's clerical duties

noun:

• special seats and standing-only space in the galley for people who only intend to see one act of a kabuki play

noun:

• anticipating the escape of the king and blocking him in advance with a knight - Shōgi term

noun:

• six external causes of illness in traditional Chinese medicine (wind, cold, fire/heat, dampness, dryness, heat of summer)