noun:

• blank email (e.g. for signing up to an email list)

noun:

• Zen stick (used by a Zen priest to strike an inattentive Zazen sitter) ➜ 座禅

noun:

• emergency volcanic alert (e.g. an eruption warning); urgent information on volcanic activity

noun:

• blank email (e.g. for signing up to an email list) - abbreviation ➜ 空メール【からメール】

noun / ~する noun:

• viewing optimistically; thinking optimistically; taking an optimistic view; looking on the bright side

counter:

• counter for occurrences

noun:

• a time; an instance
• inning (baseball); round; game

noun / suffix noun:

• episode; chapter; instalment - colloquialism

noun:

• Hui (people) - abbreviation ➜ 回族
• Islam - abbreviation ➜ 回教

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving one's seat (before an event is over); excusing oneself (from a meeting, conversation, etc.)

noun:

• starting afresh; going back to square one; abandoning (e.g. a plan); calling off ➜ ご破算
• clearing an abacus - orig. meaning ➜ ご破算

noun / ~する noun:

• biding one's time building up strength till finally grasping an opportunity to launch out and flourish - four character idiom

expression:

• cute, white, oval face (appearing as if someone glued eyes and a nose on an egg) - obscure term

noun:

• contradictio in adjecto; contradiction between an adjective and the noun it modifies (wooden iron, hot ice, etc.)

noun:

• sautoir; long necklace (longer than opera-length), often with an ornament (tassel or pendant) at the end

noun:

• stock exchange member who facilitates trading by matching buy and sell orders (similar to an NYSE specialist) - Ōsaka dialect ➜ 才取会員

noun:

• double hat-trick - derogatory term

adjectival noun:

• woman who has a good body but an unattractive face

noun:

• cornering someone by lying in wait, e.g. for an unexpected interview or photograph; doorstepping - idiom

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• hanging; dangling

noun:

• long roofed passageway (originally having an earthen floor and used as a bridle path) - めんどう is also written with the ateji 面道 ➜ 寝殿造り

noun:

• street where many shops and businesses are closed (e.g. due to an economic slump)

noun:

• long mai (feng shui); longmai; the air or energy flowing down from an undulating mountain range ➜ 龍穴

noun / ~する noun:

• restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; return; replevin; improvement ［回復・恢復］
• recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence - esp. 快復

noun / ~する noun:

• news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media)
• interview ➜ 取材相手【しゅざいあいて】

noun / ~する noun:

• percussion; tapping; examining by percussion - Medicine term
• sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)

noun:

• with an open and calm mind; with no preconceived notions; without reserve; frank; candid - four character idiom

noun:

• fixed paper-enclosed lantern; paper-covered wooden stand housing an (oil) lamp

noun / ~する noun:

• bathing; washing one's body or hair; ablution
• receiving a blessing; receiving an honor

noun / ~する noun:

• pushing forward (undaunted, bravely); working vigorously towards an aim; struggling on; striving towards