noun:

• creeping plant withered in the winter cold - archaism

noun:

• two o'clock in the morning

noun:

• system that allows for the construction of highways and buildings in the same space

noun:

• wooden rods (square, used in a pair) used in Kansai-area rakugo (e.g. to mark scene changes); small clapper

noun:

• pill made from various animal ingredients (incl. musk, toad venom, cow bezoars, etc.) used as a cardiac stimulant in Chinese medicine

expression:

• feeling as if in a dream

noun:

• increase in digit (e.g. if we add 2 to the number 9)

noun:

• toe-in (alignment of the front wheels of a motor vehicle closer together at the front than at the back)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to come home in triumph; to return to one's hometown in glory - idiom ➜ 故郷に錦を飾る

noun:

• practice sword used in iaido - Martial Arts term ➜ 居合い

noun:

• incident resulting in injury

noun:

• radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days (programme)

noun:

• racketeering by interceding in civil disputes and threatening the use of violence - abbreviation ➜ 民事介入暴力

noun:

• elevated podium in Japanese-style house

noun:

• reed drawing-in (manuf.); denting

noun / ~する noun:

• keeping soil in good condition

noun:

• host in a bar for male homosexuals; effeminate man who talks and dresses like a woman; young male homosexual - From English "gay boy"

expression:

• in proportion to; according to; depending on ➜ に応じて

noun / ~する noun:

• falling in love; attachment

noun:

• countries that currently use Chinese characters in their writing, or have used in their recent past - abbreviation ➜ 漢字文化圏【かんじぶんかけん】

noun / ~する noun:

• soaking (dried goods) in water

noun:

• 4th in rank; fourth sign of the Chinese calendar

noun / prefix noun / suffix noun:

• Denmark ［てい］ - abbreviation - obscure term

noun:

• living in another person's house without paying for food and lodging; sponging on other people for accommodation

noun:

• cylindrical seat made of straw covered in fabric - archaism

expression / ichidan verb:

• to put in a word for; to second; to support