interjection:

• alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay

noun:

• relay station (esp. on Edo-period highway); post station; stage ➜ 宿駅

noun:

• setting on fire; setting afire

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be pretentious; to put on airs

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to listen intently; to focus on (music, speech, etc.)

noun:

• day something goes on sale; date of issue; release date

godan ~る verb:

• to do in place of or on behalf of (someone)

noun:

• compulsory adherence to a party decision; restrictions on party debate - four character idiom

noun:

• ceramics with a blue pattern on a white background

noun:

• Itayose method; method of trading employed on Japanese exchanges - often 板寄せ方式

expression:

• even; for starters
• so; therefore - emphatic form of から
• judging from; based on
• since; from

expression / adjective:

• unable to concentrate on (due to distractions, etc.) - idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to hang one's hopes on; to expect from

noun / ~する noun:

• measuring weight; weighing
• maximum weight (on a scales) ［ひょうりょう］

noun:

• support for medical treatment for those on low income; Medicaid - obscure term ➜ メディケイド

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to stick in one's throat; to choke on something

expression / noun:

• star seen on a rainy night; "rare occurrence" [figurative]; "rare sight" [figurative] ➜ 雨夜

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to have an eye kept on one; to be watched ➜ 睨む

noun:

• Unden Shinto (branch of Shinto based on Shingon Buddhist teachings)

noun:

• Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe; CFE Treaty ➜ 欧州通常戦力制限条約

noun:

• total volume control; regulations on total allowable volumes of pollutants

expression / noun:

• vacant expression (on one's face); blank expression

noun:

• stupid face; foolish look on one's face - Kansai dialect ➜ 馬鹿面

expression / ichidan verb:

• to turn one's back on
• to be uninterested in

noun:

• at-home overtime; time spent on work one brings home ➜ サービス残業【サービスざんぎょう】