adverb:

• right in half

noun:

• newly recruited wrestlers in the second round of presentation after mae-zumo - Sumo term

noun:

• abnormal cerebrovascular network in the cerebral basal region ➜ ウィリス動脈輪閉塞症

expression / godan ~る verb (irregular):

• to be in danger of; to be liable to

noun:

• hair parted in the middle

noun:

• in the clouds

noun:

• biography of a monk or history of a temple told in pictures

noun:

• waiting for one tile to finish one's pair and one's hand while the rest of one's hand is exposed; waiting for half of one's pair with four melds exposed - Mahjong term ➜ 単騎待ち【たんきまち】

noun:

• jack-in-the-box; jack-in-a-box

noun:

• disregard for human rights

noun:

• plum tree which blossoms in winter; early-flowering plum tree; early plum blossoms ➜ 梅

noun:

• day of Ten'ichijin's first ascension to heaven in a year (the 30th day of the first sexagenary cycle of the year) - obscure term ➜ 天一神・天一天上・癸巳

noun / ~する noun:

• suddenly turning for the worse; sudden deterioration - four character idiom

noun:

• mare used for breeding; brood mare ➜ 種牡馬

noun:

• last death anniversary for which there is a memorial service held (usu. the 32nd or 49th) - Buddhism term ➜ 三十三回忌

noun:

• pole on which to hang laundry for drying; clothesline

noun / ~する noun:

• staying in Europe

noun:

• drop-in - IT term

noun:

• share in inheritance; inheritance share; portion of inheritance

noun:

• quick battle for a quick victory; blitzkrieg - four character idiom

noun:

• set of three books of Buddhist stories, written in the late 8th and early 9th century, usually referred to as the Nihon Ryouiki

expression / ichidan verb:

• to have an ear for music

noun:

• female servant hired at a lady-in-waiting's own expense - archaism

noun:

• increase in (expansion of) demand

expression:

• year in, year out; 24-7