noun:

• aerial refueling; in-flight refueling

noun:

• lint (as in a clothes dryer or a pocket); waste thread; fibers, such as might wrap around the gears in small mechanisms and cause them to jam; fluff ➜ 綿ぼこり

noun:

• aimless attempt; shot in the dark - obscure term

noun:

• Abudefduf; genus of damselfish in the family Pomacentridae

noun / ~する noun:

• giving a loud pep talk; encouraging (somebody) strongly in a loud voice - four character idiom

expression / godan ~ぐ verb:

• to be superstitious; to believe in omens

noun:

• deceased wife; deceased lady

noun:

• selecting an auspicious date by looking at the astrological information on the calendar; date selected in such a manner

noun:

• singularity (climate); day in the calendar when a particular weather phenomenon is statistically likely to occur

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to say the same thing over and over again; to talk until one is blue in the face

expression:

• how; in what way

noun:

• direct retribution; body and mind one is born into because of karma in previous lives - Buddhism term ➜ 依報

noun:

• slip of the pen; mistake in writing ➜ 書き損じ
• something ruined by a mistake in writing (e.g. postcard) ➜ 書き損じ

expression:

• right away; without waiting around

noun:

• being very popular; being in great demand

noun:

• communicator; operator in a telemarketing business

noun:

• "Helping Hands" comedy performance; performance in which one person wears a haori on their shoulders, while another person behind them puts their arms through the sleeves of the haori and feeds the person in front ➜ 羽織

noun:

• oshizushi; sushi rice and other ingredients pressed in box or mould (mold) - Food term ➜ 押し鮨【おしずし】

noun:

• Paris Fashion Week; major fashion show, held twice yearly in Paris - abbreviation ➜ パリコレクション

noun:

• doll cake; sponge cake in various shapes filled with red bean paste - Food term

noun:

• shingling with thin cedar or cypress shingles; roof shingled in such a manner (usu. at temples, shrines, etc.) ➜ 木賊板

noun:

• Naruto kintoki; sweet potato grown in sandy soil ➜ 金時【きんとき】

godan ~く verb:

• to be bewitching; to look coquettish; to behave in an alluring manner; to behave in a seductive manner ➜ 婀娜っぽい【あだっぽい】

noun:

• constitutional scholar (lawyer); expert in constitutional law

conjunction:

• without; in the event that it did not (or does not) exist ➜ 無くしては