noun:

• moving shallow; spawning run; movement of fish from deep to shallow water during the spawning season

noun:

• job stream; run stream; input stream - IT term

noun:

• peacherine; hybrid of a peach and a nectarine; cross between a peach and a nectarine

expression:

• look carefully where your own footsteps fall; seek enlightenment by knowing yourself and not by watching others; know thyself

noun / ~する noun:

• going about immersed or absorbed; pacing back and forth meditatively; being deep in thought

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be lonely at the top; to be left high and dry by one's friends; to have the ladder pulled out from under one [literal]

noun:

• going concern; stocks and all; goods and furniture included

noun:

• job stream; run stream; input stream - IT term

noun:

• video intercom; intercom with a video camera and display; video doorphone - From English "television door phone"

noun:

• diver's exposure suit; body suits, wet suits, and dry suits; suit which protects divers from exposure and abrasion

ichidan verb:

• to be at a loss; to think and think but get nowhere; to fail to come up with a good idea

noun:

• between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; spring and fall clothing

expression:

• Buddhist revelation through intuitive discernment; Spiritual awakening cannot be experienced with words and letters; Spiritual enlightenment can be attained only by means of communion of mind with mind (Zen Buddhism) - four character idiom

expression / adverb:

• in the end; after all is said and done; at the striped mullet's ultimate maturity (when the striped mullet is fully grown) [literal] ➜ 鯔【とど】

noun / adjectival noun:

• aggressive; active and bold (daring); resolute determination - four character idiom

noun:

• half watch ashore; port and starboard liberty; shore leave for half of a ship's crew at once

noun:

• Buddhist revelation through intuitive discernment; Spiritual awakening cannot be experienced with words and letters; Spiritual enlightenment can be attained only by means of communion of mind with mind (Zen Buddhism) - four character idiom ➜ 不立文字

noun:

• young woman strongly interested in pre-Edo history; young woman making use of speech and mannerisms of pre-industrial Japan; female history buff

noun:

• job stream; run stream; input stream - IT term

expression:

• day after day; day in and day out; every single day

noun:

• big fuss over nothing; much cry and little wool; much ado about nothing - four character idiom

noun:

• between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; spring and fall clothing - also written as 間 - abbreviation ➜ 合い服

suffix:

• together
• condition; situation; state
• -ish

adjectival noun:

• worst; poor and boring; uncool

noun:

• head-to-head training; drill consisting of pushing and being pushed; battering practice - Sumo term

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to punch; to hit and hit; to stamp out
• to pierce; to bore into; to knock down walls