noun:

• cloudy sky that appears when the migrating birds that stayed for winter and autumn in Japan leave to go north

expression:

• if you are hungry, where you eat doesn't matter; manjū in the toilet [literal] - proverb ➜ まんじゅう
• hiding something good for oneself alone - idiom

noun:

• the poor; the needy; the destitute

noun / ~の noun:

• the extraordinary; the unusual; the unexpected

noun:

• rainy season (in Japan from early June to mid-July)
• rain during the rainy season

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to draw (the winning ticket)
• to apply; to compare; to put (oneself in someone's position) ➜ 当てはめる

noun:

• daimyo's alternating Edo residence; official attendance service (by a daimyo in the Edo era)

noun:

• nursing in the home by visiting nurses - From English "day service"

expression:

• in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case

adverbial noun / temporal noun / ~の noun:

• originally; primarily
• essentially; naturally; by nature; in (and of) itself
• proper; legal

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; deterioration; degeneration; transmutation

noun:

• inflated price (assigned in anticipation of being haggled down); overcharging
• exaggeration

noun:

• active substance from plants used in manufacture of soap, detergents and medication - From German "Saponin"

noun:

• breaks and pauses (in a sentence)
• punctuation - abbreviation ➜ 句読点
• way of reading (esp. kanbun)

adverb:

• earlier than usual; ahead of time; in good season

noun:

• dictionary tag indicating colloquialism, slang or vulgarity of American origin (in English)

noun:

• (professional) storyteller
• hereditary role of narrator in early imperial court

noun:

• older brother - honorific language

pronoun:

• you (in ref. to male of greater age or status) - epistolary style - honorific language ➜ 小弟

expression:

• all things are in a state of flux; everything is constantly changing - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun / adjectival noun:

• being full of vitality (energy); vigorous and in high spirits - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• passing away peacefully to be reborn in Paradise through invocation of Amitabha - four character idiom

noun:

• rescue and assistance (by public bodies) (e.g. in time of disaster)

noun:

• title of a thread in email, news, etc. - From English "thread title"

noun:

• Reiyukai (Buddhist sect founded in 1919 as an offshoot of Nichiren Buddhism)

noun:

• gomokuzushi wrapped in a thin layer of fried egg