noun:

• large text that appears in ads or brochures to catch the reader's attention (in copywriting) - From English "catch copy"

noun:

• (a) grain; (a) drop; (a) bead

noun:

• raised leg; lifting a leg
• upturn (in the market) ［上げ足・上足］ Antonym: 下げ足
• sitting cross-legged - archaism

noun:

• apprenticeship in the running of a household; prospective bride who undertakes an apprenticeship to learn housekeeping - four character idiom

noun:

• creole (pidgin which has become a mother tongue) - From French
• Creole (person of mixed ancestry, esp.in the Caribbean)

godan ~く verb:

• to have a facial tattoo (esp. one around the eye, one form of punishment in ancient Japan) - was v4k - archaism - obscure term

noun:

• truth of the middle (all things are in a middle state, being void yet having temporary existence) - Buddhism term ➜ 三諦

noun:

• Edo-era street merchant who carried wares hanging from a pole, hawking them in the street - obscure term

noun:

• wooden ladle or rod used to stir the rice porridge used in a kayaura divination ➜ 粥占

noun:

• first day (in the year) that a particular species of bird or insect, etc. sing or chirp ➜ 終鳴日

noun:

• last day (in the year) that a particular species of bird or insect, etc. sing or chirp ➜ 初鳴日

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be in sight (e.g. a resolution); to have a clear idea; to have bright prospects

noun:

• substitute national holiday; day off in lieu of a national holiday that falls on a Sunday; compensatory holiday - abbreviation ➜ 振替休日【ふりかえきゅうじつ】

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to hit the bull's-eye
• to go as expected; to succeed (e.g. a plan)

noun:

• arranging a group of people so as to form a character or spell out a message

noun:

• batting eye; ability to judge whether a pitch will be called a ball or a strike - Baseball term

noun:

• self and others; this and that; both sides; oneself and one's opponent; he and I

noun:

• dealing in rice speculating on the year's harvest while the paddies are still covered with snow - four character idiom

adverb:

• hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste

adjectival noun:

• sudden - archaism

expression:

• in a sense; in some way; to an extent

expression:

• in a sense; in some way; to an extent

noun:

• making materials in a library available in open stacks

expression:

• in no time; in a flash

noun:

• person in charge of warming sake in a bar

expression:

• in a sense; in some way; to an extent