noun:

• interior of a forest or wood

noun:

• ridge of a cliff; rock ridge

noun:

• seller of high-quality sake; (Meiji or Taisho era) brothel

noun / suffix noun / counter:

• unit of measurement for cloth breadth (30-38 cm) - after a number in the hito-, futa-, mi- counting system

noun:

• first ceremonial offering of rice by newly-enthroned Emperor ➜ 新嘗祭

noun:

• teeth of a saw; serration

noun:

• revision of a passage

noun:

• one's favourite member of a pop group, etc.

noun / ~する noun:

• contraction of a disease; morbidity

noun:

• letter of invitation; letter of recommendation; reference

expression:

• mixture of wheat and chaff; mixture of the good and bad; jumble of wheat and tares - four character idiom

noun:

• phases of the age (times)

godan ~す verb:

• to whip an egg; to scramble (e.g. an egg)

noun:

• concealed winning hand consisting of chows, a pair that isn't a value pair, and an open wait - Mahjong term - From Chinese

noun:

• theory of linguistic relativity - obscure term ➜ サピアウォーフの仮説

noun:

• Minister of Education

noun:

• tomb of someone with no relatives to mourn their death

noun:

• allocation of replotted land; government acquisition of land by substitution or compensation

noun / ~する noun:

• termination of cultivation (usu. tobacco)

noun:

• coarse tea in which a pinch of salt is added (said to help dissipate alcoholic intoxication)

noun:

• amount of time one has

noun:

• an odd piece; odds and ends

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to get out of bed; to show a leg

expression:

• necessity is the mother of invention; there is always some way out of a difficulty if you really look for one - proverb

noun:

• an intake