noun:

• student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try ➜ 現役

noun:

• those interested in participating; persons wishing to participate

noun:

• wrestler's belt used in a bout - Sumo term

noun:

• striped cotton fabric imported from Sao Tome, also copied in Japan

noun:

• goods in stock or on hand or in one's possession

expression:

• hand in hand

noun:

• someone with hair combed in stripes across their bald spot - from "barcode head"

noun:

• first maple leaves to turn red in the season

noun:

• talking in a delirium

noun:

• green tea fired in hot pans after a short withering (common Chinese technique)

noun:

• leading male role in kabuki

noun:

• something wrapped in a furoshiki ➜ 風呂敷

noun:

• The Agency for Buddhists and Foreigners (ritsuryo system)

noun:

• very auspicious day for all types of occasions - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• preparations for a journey

noun:

• dealing in stolen goods

noun:

• children's lunch box of cooked rice and a Western-style side dish (popular late Meiji and Taisho periods)

expression / ~の noun:

• locked in a grapple

noun:

• just-in-time (inventory strategy); JIT

expression / ~の noun:

• in use; occupied (e.g. toilet); engaged

noun:

• book in specialized field; book in specialised field

noun / ~の noun:

• eventful times for the nation; the nation being in turmoil; the storm clouds gathering in the land - four character idiom

noun:

• box (built-in) for containing shutters

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to dye in different colors (colours)

noun:

• wages (charge) for labor (labour); pay