noun:

• one-sided wait for the end tile of a three-in-a-row which will finish one's hand (i.e. for a 3 while holding 1-2, or for a 7 while holding 8-9) - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ 辺張待ち【ペンチャンまち】

noun:

• special envelope for monetary gifts

noun:

• Law for Stabilization of Supply, Demand and Prices of Staple Food ➜ 食糧法

noun:

• cause (grounds) for concern (anxiety); reasons for uneasiness - four character idiom

noun:

• silk or leather container for paper handkerchiefs, medicine, toothpicks, etc. ➜ 鼻紙袋

noun:

• someone who became a teacher for lack of anything better to do - slang - derogatory term

expression / adjective:

• unasked for; unnecessary; uninvolved ➜ お呼びじゃない【およびじゃない】

noun:

• adjusting one's fare for riding past one's destination

noun:

• for summer

noun:

• each paying for his own account; sharing the expenses; Dutch treat - four character idiom ➜ 割り勘

expression / ichidan verb:

• to pay for one's transgression; to receive punishment for one's crime

noun:

• anti-pollution measures

noun:

• outer port for large city

noun:

• school for samurai children

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to contend for distinction; to claim credit

noun:

• school for Japanese outside of Japan

noun:

• salary supplement, e.g. for work performed at inconvenient times or as overtime allowance usually for so-called exempt workers, i.e. workers who are expected to work a certain number of overtime hours ➜ 割増賃金

noun / ~の noun:

• being a match for a thousand; being a mighty warrior (combatant, player) - four character idiom

conjunction:

• the reason for something

noun:

• articles for sale

noun:

• being good-for-nothing; useless person

expression / adjective:

• too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous

counter:

• counter for the hito-futa-mi counting system (forming hitotsu, futatsu, mitsu, and misoji, yasoji, etc.)

noun:

• animal bred for its meat

noun:

• oldest architectural style for Shinto shrines (e.g. used at Izumo shrine)