noun:

• wind that blows from north to north-east during spring and summer along the coast of the Sea of Japan ➜ あゆの風【あゆのかぜ】

noun:

• wind that blows from north to north-east during spring and summer along the coast of the Sea of Japan ➜ あいの風

noun:

• wind that blows from north to north-east during spring and summer along the coast of the Sea of Japan ➜ あいの風

noun:

• business affairs of a company
• clerical business of a Shinto shrine

noun:

• rights and wrongs (of a case); relative merits (of a case)

noun:

• foundation of a great project; base of a great enterprise

noun / ~する noun:

• marrying (of a monk) - Buddhism term
• returning to secular life (of a monk) - Buddhism term

noun:

• first five syllables (of a tanka); first line (of a poem)

noun:

• inspection (esp. of a document); stamp of approval (for a document)

noun:

• children's game in which three or more stand back-to-back in a circle and jostle ➜ 押し競べ【おしくらべ】

noun:

• wooden rods (square, used in a pair) used in Kansai-area rakugo (e.g. to mark scene changes); small clapper

expression:

• one becomes sleepy when one's stomach is full; full stomach, sleepy head; when the skin of the belly is extended, the skin of the eyes droops [literal] - proverb

noun:

• form of ancient Chinese entertainment similar to a circus (brought to Japan during the Nara period) ➜ 猿楽

noun:

• northern side house (to the rear of a main residence; often home to one's wife) ➜ 対の屋

expression:

• wasting one's breath (trying to explain something); (reading) the Analects of Confucius to a dog [literal] - idiom

noun:

• Blue Sky with a White Sun; party flag and emblem of the Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party)

expression:

• In the beginning was the Word (John 1:1)

noun:

• closing the legs; keeping the legs together (in gymnastics) Antonym: 開脚【かいきゃく】

noun / ~する noun:

• spin (as in 'take a car for a spin'); run

expression / ichidan verb:

• to cause a loss
• to make a hole (in)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to get a black belt; to obtain a degree (in judo)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be caught in a dilemma; to get into a scrape

noun:

• man in good health between 21 and 60 years of age to whom applied various corvee and taxes (under the ritsuryo system)

adjectival noun:

• sudden; abrupt; unexpected
• urgent; pressing
• steep; sharp; precipitous
• rapid; swift; fast

noun:

• emergency; crisis; danger
• urgency; hurrying; haste
• (in gagaku or noh) end of a song ➜ 序破急

noun:

• gap; space
• break; interlude; interval ［すき］
• chink (in one's armor, armour); chance; opportunity; weak spot ［すき・げき・ひま］
• breach (of a relationship between people) ［げき・ひま］