auxiliary:

• it is assuredly (that)...; can say with confidence that it is... ➜ なのだ

expression:

• where there is a will, there is a way - proverb

adjectival noun / noun:

• cheerful; jovial; merry; lively Antonym: 陰気

noun:

• weather; season
• spirit of yang ➜ 陰気【いんき】

noun:

• early-summer fine weather (during rainy season)

noun:

• drought; long spell (period) of dry weather

noun:

• scenery being beautiful in both rainy and sunny weather - four character idiom

expression:

• summer-like (e.g. of weather in late spring)

suffix noun:

• ideal weather (for some action, event, etc.); perfect day ➜ 日和【ひより】・行楽日和【こうらくびより】

noun:

• paper doll to which children pray for good weather - archaism

adjective:

• irritating; troublesome - Ōsaka dialect ➜ 鬱陶しい【うっとうしい】
• gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing - Ōsaka dialect ➜ 鬱陶しい【うっとうしい】
• heavy (weather); cloudy - Ōsaka dialect ➜ 鬱陶しい【うっとうしい】

noun:

• small knife that is largely ornamental or used to cut open letters and the like ➜ 小刀

expression:

• expression of humility said by the person who provided a meal after it is eaten - humble language ➜ お粗末

noun:

• first half of a tea ceremony (in which the charcoal is set and light food served) ➜ 後座【ござ】

noun:

• single kanji that is read twice (with different pronunciations) in the Japanese reading of Chinese texts - e.g. 将 is read as「まさに...んとす」

noun:

• last death anniversary for which there is a memorial service held (usu. the 32nd or 49th) - Buddhism term ➜ 弔い上げ

noun / ~する noun:

• reading (the parts one is interested in); reading here and there; skimming through; browsing
• reading word by word; reading only the parts one can understand

noun:

• way of cutting; how to cut or slice

noun:

• study of how to be a good emperor

expression:

• how should I know?; don't ask me - Ōsaka dialect

noun / ~の noun:

• sacred precincts; sanctuary; consecrated ground; holy ground

noun:

• issue that is regarded as being off-limits; matter that is not up for discussion

expression / noun:

• goal which is unattainable; prize beyond one's reach; woman who is out of one's league; flower on a high peak [literal]

expression:

• used to create a rhetorical question indicating that the speaker actually believes the opposite is true; emphasizes a determination not to do something by means of a rhetorical question - female language ➜ ものか

expression:

• rubbernecking; the thrill of looking at something scary or unpleasant and wanting to look at it all the more because it is scary or unpleasant

noun:

• woman purported to bring good luck to the man she is near - colloquialism

expression:

• good wine makes good blood; sake is the best of all medicines - proverb