noun:

• putting on the pressure; pushing forward
• being pressed; being under pressure

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be on the right track; to be close enough - colloquialism ➜ いい線を行く

noun:

• first lull of the year; lull on New Year's Day

noun:

• yang (i.e. the positive) Antonym: 陰【いん】
• the open (i.e. a visible place) ➜ 陽に

noun:

• name of the writer of a gravestone epitaph, engraved after the epitaph

noun:

• kyogen interlude; short scene during a noh play, performed by a kyogen actor (usu. explaining the play) ➜ 本狂言

expression:

• neither one thing nor the other; too short for a belt, too long for a sleeve tie [literal]

noun:

• night mooring (for a boat) ➜ 夜泊
• sleeping away for the night (esp. in a red light district)

noun:

• morganatic marriage (marriage of a noble and a commoner that disallows the passage of title, possessions, etc.)

noun:

• kyogen interlude; short scene during a noh play, performed by a kyogen actor (usu. explaining the play) ➜ 間狂言

expression:

• you could say; you might say; verging on the

~する verb (spec.):

• to judge (on the basis of)
• to control; to discipline (oneself); to regulate

noun:

• other side; another side; different angle

adverbial noun:

• on the other hand

noun:

• parking on the street; curbside parking; kerbside parking; unauthorized parking outdoors

noun:

• radiation genetics; study of the effects of radiation on genes

noun:

• reporting location; interview location; field interview; on-the-scene coverage

noun:

• the three realms of existence - Buddhism term ➜ 欲界・色界・無色界
• the whole universe (of a billion worlds) that Buddha enlightened - abbreviation - Buddhism term ➜ 三千大千世界
• past, present and future existences - Buddhism term ➜ 三世【さんぜ】

suffix:

• far-off ...; distant ...

noun:

• egg slow-boiled so that the yolk is hard but the white is still soft (traditionally cooked in a hot spring)

noun:

• trunk; torso; body; abdomen; waist
• plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo)
• frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.); hull (of a ship)

noun:

• legal wife of a regent, of the imperial adviser, or of an official at the Grand Council of State - honorific language

noun:

• dance recital praising Buddha, which accompanies the recital of a gatha (in the Pure Land Sect of Buddhism) ➜ 偈

noun:

• a cold in the throat; common cold with a sore throat

noun:

• limit price (e.g. on a stock transaction); price limit

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to play a trick on; to cheat; to deceive; to dupe

noun:

• day on which a museum, etc. is regularly closed; closed day