noun:

• unidentified craft said to have washed ashore in Ibaraki Prefecture during the Edo period (sometimes alleged to have been a UFO)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be reflected in a mirror

noun / ~する noun:

• instructions sent in response to a question (from an embassy, consulate, etc.)

noun:

• salvation by faith in Amitabha - four character idiom - Buddhism term ➜ 阿弥陀
• relying upon others for attaining one's own objective - four character idiom

godan ~る verb:

• to be in a slump - from 閑古鳥が鳴く ➜ 閑古鳥が鳴く【かんこどりがなく】

noun:

• lacking in prudence; lacking in judgement

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be enveloped in mist ➜ 霧に包まれる

noun:

• ancient Japanese poetry form with three verses in a 5-7-7 moraic pattern

noun / ~の noun:

• sudden, wide-spread drop in prices - four character idiom

noun:

• in the ministry; in the department

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

• in no hurry; nonessential (industry)

noun:

• style current in the capital

noun:

• truth in lending act

noun:

• caves dug as tombs in and around Kamakura during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods

adverb:

• suddenly and in a loud voice (e.g. sobbing) - onomatopoeia

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to shut in; to confine; to contain

expression:

• when in Rome, do as the Romans do - proverb

noun:

• transferring a shintai in a portable shrine, e.g. to another shrine or to a ceremony - Shintō term ➜ 神体

expression / ichidan verb:

• to fill in time; to stall (e.g. an audience)

noun:

• shellfish baked in the shell
• abalone, scallops, etc. simmered in the shell

noun:

• first tone in old Chinese phonetics; level tone
• (of a Japanese accent) having a low, flat tone

expression / ~の noun:

• one in a million (chance, etc.); one in ten thousand; in the unlikely event that

noun / ~する noun:

• living in rented quarters; rented house

noun:

• young men and women who frequented Miyuki Street, Ginza, in the summer of 1964

noun:

• cash on hand and in banks - Finance term