noun:

• predicting the weather from the wind direction, shape of clouds, etc.

noun:

• singularity (climate); day in the calendar when a particular weather phenomenon is statistically likely to occur

noun:

• tailwind; fair wind; favorable wind (favourable)
• favorable condition (favourable); advantageous situation

noun:

• "limit of heat" solar term (approx. Aug. 23, when the weather is said to start cooling down) ➜ 二十四節気

noun:

• loach (any fish of family Cobitidae)
• weather loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus)

noun:

• judicial decision made with human kindness and warmth in a fair manner (from the decisions of Ōoka Tadasuke, a jurist in 17th century Japan)

noun:

• keitai-mail friend (someone one keeps in touch with only by typing messages with one's thumb) - obscure term - slang ➜ 親指

noun:

• taking (extra) seats; holding a seat (for a friend, etc.)
• reserving a seat

noun:

• temple festival; fair; fete day; day related to a particular deity and thought to bring divine blessing to those to celebrate it

noun:

• type of bed linen resembling a large beach towel and used to cover oneself in hot weather - From English "towel blanket"

expression / ichidan verb:

• to hoist one's sail when the wind is fair; to get one's time to shine - idiom

adverbial noun / noun:

• non-leap year
• normal year (esp. as pertains to weather patterns, vegetative growth, harvest yields, etc.)

noun:

• feelings of coolness (e.g. from wearing light clothing in hot weather); cool feeling; cool impression

noun:

• stealing a car by rear-ending it lightly and having a friend jump in and drive off after the driver gets out - slang

noun:

• my mixi; refers to the 'friend list' on mixi (or people on that list) - abbreviation ➜ マイミクシィ

noun:

• my mixi; refers to the 'friend list' on mixi (or people on that list) ➜ マイミク

noun:

• friend of a mother who is also a mother; mothers who are friends

noun:

• paper doll to which children pray for fine weather (usu. white, and shaped like a Buddhist priest)

noun:

• cloudiness; cloudy weather
• fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); blur; mist; shadow; dimness
• gloom; dejection

noun:

• cloudy weather near Hokkaido during the herrings season (from the third to the sixth lunar month)

expression / godan ~ぐ verb:

• to protect against the elements; to shelter oneself from the weather

noun:

• all-weather coat

noun:

• World Wide Web; WWW - IT term ➜ ワールドワイドウェブ
• World Weather Watch; WWW

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across

noun / ~の noun:

• very stormy weather (at sea)

noun:

• very poor catch of fish (due to stormy seas)