noun:

• pork miso soup; miso soup with pork and vegetables

noun:

• wasteland; area overgrown with weeds

expression:

• some are wise and some are otherwise; one thousand blind; one thousand with their eyes open [literal] - proverb - sensitive ➜ 目明き千人盲千人

ichidan verb:

• to yearn for; to be in love with

noun / ~の noun:

• thatch roof; thatching a roof with grass

noun:

• large, perforated, turnip-shaped arrowhead cover made of Japanese bigleaf magnolia or paulownia; harmless arrow affixed with such a cover (that whistles when shot and is used to drive off evil spirits) - abbr. of 響目

noun:

• controversial work (art, literature, etc.); work that caused public criticism; work of art dealing with contemporary questions; succès de scandale

noun:

• hardcase; case with hard shell

expression:

• I am writing to you; I am (taking the liberty of) getting in touch with you - template phrase used in business writing - polite language

noun:

• tennis; tennis played with regulation balls ➜ ソフトテニス・軟式テニス【なんしきテニス】

noun:

• information illiterate; people with inadequate access to information - slang - abbreviation ➜ 情報弱者

noun:

• foxtail wedged tenon joint; blind tenon joint with wedges inserted into slots on its end - Architecture term

noun:

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

noun:

• trash house; house overflowing with garbage from hoarding

noun:

• unstitched, open side of some traditional Japanese clothing; clothing with such an open side - abbreviation ➜ 縫腋
• robe worn by military officials with a round collar, unstitched open sides and no ran ➜ 闕腋の袍

noun:

• plum blossom design; silk fabric with a plum blossom design - obscure term

noun:

• playing in the mud; playing with mud

noun:

• yo-yo fishing [literal]; Japanese festival game of fishing balloons (with loops attached), floating in water, out with a hook

expression / godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to match; to harmonize with (also feelings, aroma, etc.)

ichidan verb:

• to carry on; to go on with one's life
• to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive

noun:

• survival bag; bag filled with emergency supplies

noun:

• bad friend; friend with disadvantages

noun:

• woman who is not traditionally beautiful yet somehow very attractive; woman with an aura of beauty - colloquialism

noun:

• pen writing; character written with a pen

noun:

• flamberge; sword with undulations in the blade - From French or German