noun:

• word used after an addressee's name in a formal letter - female language - polite language ➜ 脇付

noun:

• being buried in the same grave

noun:

• tiles used to cover nail holes in cypress bark roofing for the purpose of waterproofing

expression:

• waiting one's turn

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be advanced in age

expression / adverb:

• in all sincerity; truthfully; honestly ➜ まことに

noun:

• commander-in-chief
• one of the eight gods of the koyomi ➜ 八将神

noun:

• daimyo in the Warring States period - four character idiom

expression:

• waiting for one hundred years for the waters of the Yellow River to clear; waiting in vain for an unlikely event; waiting for pigs to fly; When the sky falls, we shall catch larks - four character idiom

expression:

• a jewel in a dunghill

noun:

• style of clothing popular in the late 1970s and resembling a Catholic school uniform - abbreviation - From English "Yokohama traditional"

noun:

• thin strips of kombu cooked in soy sauce, etc. then dried - Food term

noun:

• beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin

noun:

• making replacements for defensive purposes in the late inning of a game - Baseball term

noun:

• in the prime of manhood

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to shrivel up in fear; to tremble in fear; one's testicles shrivel up [literal]

noun:

• filling in (e.g. between speakers at a meeting, acts at a show); material used to fill in (between speeches at a meeting, etc.); anecdote

noun:

• stock-in-trade; tools of one's trade

noun:

• ritual jades worn by feudal lords in ancient China - archaism

noun:

• traditional Japanese poem with six verses in a 5-7-7-5-7-7 moraic pattern

noun / ~する noun:

• chugging (a glassful of) a drink in one go ➜ 一気に飲む

expression:

• in one's element

noun:

• Lead-In - IT term

ichidan verb:

• to be lacking in options; to be too few ➜ 多過ぎる

noun:

• gomokuzushi wrapped in a thin layer of fried egg