noun:

• hopes of the people

noun:

• classification of fragrant woods used as incense

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention ➜ 相槌【あいづち】

noun:

• tactic of avoiding hitting the ball (e.g. to tire out the pitcher) - Baseball term - From English "waiting"
• waiting; holding back; refraining

noun:

• fried mixture of minced pork, miso, mirin, etc. (Okinawan dish) - from アンダ + ミスー

noun:

• standing member-nation of the UN Security Council

noun:

• the world of sports

noun:

• part of the eyebrow closest to the nose

noun:

• status of forces agreement; SOFA

noun:

• stink of blood or meat; meat eating barbarian (i.e. Westerner)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to fail an exam - idiom ➜ 桜咲く
• to fall (of cherry blossom petals)

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to make a display of one's originality (eccentricity); to deliberately act oddly (e.g. to get attention)

noun:

• eye of a typhoon

noun:

• drum used in ancient warfare to signal an attack

expression:

• speak of the devil and he shall appear; speak rumours of someone and they shall appear [literal] - proverb

noun:

• (expressed as) the ratios of whole numbers

noun:

• the death of Shakyamuni Buddha - Buddhism term
• Buddhist service held on the day of Buddha's death (orig. 15th of the 2nd month, now 15th of the 3rd month) - abbreviation - Buddhism term ➜ 仏涅槃忌

noun:

• rank and order of merit

noun:

• general theory of relativity - abbreviation - Physics term ➜ 一般相対性理論

noun:

• scarcity of eligible men; difficulty for a woman to find a man; man shortage ➜ 女ひでり【おんなひでり】

noun:

• certificate of post-mortem

noun:

• source of information; intelligence source
• message source - IT term

noun:

• bodyguards in service of the shogun who would walk ahead of him on an outing (Edo period)

noun:

• senior grade of the third court rank

noun:

• the front of a building; facade