noun:

• sty (on the eyelid); hordeolum

noun:

• beggar
• sty (on the eyelid) - colloquialism ➜ 麦粒腫

noun:

• on the way here - usu. adverbially as 来がけに ➜ 行き掛け

adjectival noun / adverb / noun:

• on the point of vanishing

noun:

• on the verge of waking

noun:

• on the roof; court nobles

noun:

• on the verge of dying

noun:

• retainer; attending on the nobility

expression:

• on the sly; by stealth

noun:

• the opening greeting on letters - e.g. 拝啓 and 謹啓 etc.

expression:

• on the strength of numbers

noun:

• geoglyph (drawing on the ground)

noun:

• on-the-job training; OJT ➜ オンザジョブトレーニング

noun:

• blind spot (on the retina) - obscure term ➜ 盲点

expression:

• same as on the left

expression / adjective:

• smallish; on the small side Antonym: やや大きい

noun:

• castle on the plains ➜ 山城

noun:

• second play on the program

noun:

• second play on the program

~する noun / adverb:

• to feel anxious; to feel nervous; to be kept in suspense; to feel excited; to feel thrilled - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb:

• fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears) - onomatopoeia
• hanging untidily (of hair); straggling - onomatopoeia

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be told or made to hear something so often that you (metaphorically) get calluses on your ears

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem
• to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone

noun:

• zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects
• hornbeam (deciduous tree in the birch family) ［四手・垂］

noun:

• Cakraratna; wheel-shaped treasure possessed by the ideal universal ruler, carried in front of him during excursions to allow easy passage - Buddhism term ➜ 転輪王・法輪

noun / ~する noun:

• return to the United States

noun:

• term used to refer to Japanese-American children (nisei) who were sent by their parents to Japan before WW2 to receive their schooling