noun:

• a minute and a half

expression:

• quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult

noun:

• a telegraph

noun:

• responsibility or liability for a crime

noun:

• course of a river; land along a river

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to take a load off

noun:

• counter in a sushi restaurant

noun:

• small folding knife with a rectangular blade used to sharpen pencils ➜ ミッキーナイフ

noun:

• age of a building

noun:

• Heian-period ceremony where a newlywed groom and bride eat a rice-cake on the third night after the wedding ceremony ➜ 三日の餅【みかのもちい】

noun / ~する noun:

• warming something in a vessel placed in hot water

godan ~る verb:

• to make a self-satisfied face; to look triumphant - slang ➜ どや顔【どやがお】

noun:

• last piece in a kabuki programme

noun:

• tip of a headland; point

noun:

• practice of buying a bottle of spirits at a bar which is then kept there for the customer - From English "bottle keep"

noun / ~する noun:

• creating a statue (esp. a Buddhist statue) - obscure term

expression:

• every day is a good day - proverb

noun:

• food covered in a thick starchy sauce (usu. made of kuzu or katakuriko flour) - Food term ➜ 餡

expression:

• to a greater or lesser extent (degree); more or less

noun:

• the form of a Buddhist priest; priestly attire

noun:

• twittering of a bush warbler (esp. during winter); tiny twittering

noun:

• difficulty of getting into a college

noun / ~する noun:

• act of joining a crowd or assembly of people; attendance

noun:

• training method in sports, etc. where one imagines how a scenario would play out; mental rehearsal; mental preparation; visualization (for practicing a skill in one's mind)(practising); practicing under simulated conditions (e.g. while watching a video) - abbreviation ➜ イメージトレーニング

noun:

• gold-covered woodwork at a temple in Hiraizumi