noun:

• dried citrus peel (esp. of a satsuma mandarin) used as seasoning and in traditional Chinese medicine; chenpi ➜ 蜜柑

noun:

• foods abstained from in hopes of having one's desire granted

noun:

• having free time to spare in the midst of busyness; leisure in the intervals of one's work - four character idiom

adjectival noun:

• quiet and subdued in appearance; solemn; sad and depressed in manner; soft; gentle

noun:

• Tokyo meeting hall

noun:

• beast in human form - four character idiom

noun:

• in calligraphy, a style of holding the brush between the thumb and index finger ➜ 双鉤法

noun / ~する noun:

• moderation in smoking

noun:

• tub used to collect feces in an outhouse ➜ 便壺

noun:

• rate in foreign currency

noun / ~する noun:

• arriving at work late as if one were an executive; management attendance at work [literal] - humorous term - four character idiom

noun:

• game in which the object is to topple the opposing team's pole

noun:

• Kyoto-style chopped vegetables pickled in salt with red shiso leaves - Food term

noun:

• accidents in line of duty

expression / ichidan verb:

• to economize in the household (economise) - obscure term ➜ 締める【しめる】

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to spend all of one's time in idle amusement

expression:

• in a relationship

noun:

• pornographic magazine or book sold wrapped in plastic - from ビニール and 本

noun:

• consonant p in Japanese - Linguistics term ➜ 濁音【だくおん】・清音【せいおん】・半濁点【はんだくてん】

noun:

• the 83 new LDP members of parliament elected in the Sept. 2005 general election; children of (Junichiro) Koizumi [literal] - colloquialism ➜ ８３会【はちさんかい】

expression:

• in practical terms

noun:

• days (period) (designated) for the seeding in of exhibits

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to be assiduous in one's business

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to be in a miserable state; to be down and out

noun:

• cat in heat; cat in season