noun:

• obi that is not tied but merely wrapped around the body

noun:

• Forgive me for dispensing with the preliminaries, but I hasten to inform you that... - opening formula of a brief letter

noun:

• place that is cool in the summer; place one goes to escape the heat of summer; summer retreat ➜ 避暑

noun:

• reading kanji in a nonstandard way

noun:

• mother-in-law; foster mother; stepmother

noun / ~の noun:

• common humanity; shared humanity; shared by humanity

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to provide with funds; to fund; to advance some capital; to furnish with funds

noun:

• common vervain (Verbena officinalis); common verbena

noun:

• (one's) handling of the reins; how well one controls things

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• in every way

noun:

• representation in hiragana; hiragana notation

noun:

• disillusionment with politics

noun / ~の noun:

• under the rule of

noun:

• director of the Office of Court Ladies (ritsuryo system) - archaism

noun:

• the six blood relations

noun:

• basking in the sun - abbreviation ➜ 日向ぼこり

noun / ~する noun:

• to examine in full detail

noun:

• third watch of the night (approx. 11 pm to 1 am)

noun:

• fourteenth day of the month
• fourteen days

noun:

• legal wife of a regent, of the imperial adviser, or of an official at the Grand Council of State - honorific language

noun:

• obsolete rule prohibiting match-ups between wrestlers from the same group of stables - Sumo term

noun:

• illegal arrest and imprisonment resulting in death or bodily injury

noun:

• first quotation for a stock at the first exchange meeting of the New Year
• initial share price during a public offering

noun:

• soup made with red miso paste; red miso soup - Food term

noun:

• on-the-fly recording - IT term