expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to wait expectantly; to await in anticipation

noun:

• unfinished; in progress

adverb:

• together; in company

adverbial noun / noun:

• within the next couple of days; in a day or two - four character idiom

noun:

• Musashi; historical region consisting of modern Tokyo, Saitama and eastern Kanagawa prefectures

pre-noun adjectival:

• olden-day; hidden in the past

noun:

• Hydrolagus; genus of cartilaginous fish in the family Chimaeridae

noun:

• triple pung; winning hand containing the same pung in each of the three suits - Mahjong term

noun:

• "benefit-your-locality" tax scheme; system in which taxpayers can choose to divert part of their residential tax to a specified local government

noun:

• selling separately; not included in the price

noun:

• (incense) pastille; round cake of incense, esp. used in incense ceremony ➜ 香道

~の noun / noun / ~する noun:

• pre-made (esp. food); prepared in advance

noun:

• naturally growing tree; tree that does not grow in a tree plantation

adjective:

• somewhat lacking; somewhat weak in the head

godan ~す verb:

• to rekindle one's love; to fall in love again (with a person one has previously been in love with) ➜ 直す

noun:

• myodesopsia; seeing floaters in one's eye - Medicine term

noun:

• spirit of a true artisan; (a craftsman's) pride in one's work - four character idiom

expression:

• person who is ignorant of the real world; frog in a well [literal]

noun:

• Chongqing government; Kuomintang government based in Chongqing during the Second Sino-Japanese War

noun:

• library arrangement; organization of books in a library

noun:

• Heijo Palace; Imperial palace in ancient Nara ➜ 平城京

noun:

• risk money; money invested in high-risk, high-return, investments

noun:

• Coris; genus of wrasses in the family Labridae

noun:

• shift away from rice consumption; consumers losing interest in eating rice

expression / noun:

• women who excel; women in prominent positions