noun:

• regular matches in an official tournament - Sumo term

noun:

• break (change for the worse) in the weather

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to listen to in an ecstasy

noun:

• skewering one's food with a chopstick in order to pick it up (a breach of etiquette)

noun:

• double slap in the face (second slap administered by the return motion of the back of the hand)

noun:

• bodily injury caused by negligence in the conduct of business; accidental infliction of injury in the conduct of business - Law term

noun:

• 9th in rank; ninth sign of the Chinese calendar

noun:

• a drop in the bucket (ocean); a small fraction (of); trifle - four character idiom

noun:

• in calligraphy, a brush movement where a horizontal line turns sharply downwards

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make a success in life

noun:

• atmospheric pressure pattern in winter; winter pressure pattern

noun:

• very old type of kiln made by digging a hole in the side of a hill

noun:

• boiled greens in bonito-flavoured soy sauce (vegetable side dish) - Food term

noun:

• young women completely outfitted in Chanel clothing and accessories - From English "Chaneler"

noun:

• isolated gain in a slow or declining market (stock, currency, etc.)

noun:

• statue of a figure sitting contemplatively in the half lotus position (often of Maitreya) - Buddhism term ➜ 弥勒菩薩

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to keep in contact (e.g. by phone, mail, etc.); to keep in touch

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• in heaps

noun:

• women in general

noun:

• family working in the forest industry; forestry family

noun:

• history of the Ryukyu Kingdom, written in 1743-1745
• Ryukyu islands - alt. name

noun:

• woman's level of motivation in fashion, makeup, taste in clothes, etc.; femininity - colloquialism

noun:

• Buddhist service in which the eight scrolls of the Lotus Sutra are read one scroll at a time (one morning and one evening reading each day for four days with a different reciter each time)

noun:

• skill in go or shogi

noun:

• radio or television serial broadcast in the same time slot each day or week