noun:

• between times; when there's a spare moment - four character idiom

noun:

• returning half of a consolatory or celebratory gift

noun:

• stretched dried abalone (used as a betrothal gift)

noun:

• commuter pass container; holder for a season ticket

noun:

• dinner and drinks served after a wake

expression:

• rivalry for the heart of a woman

expression:

• giving a royal welcome; extending every courtesy

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to turn into a state of feverish mood

expression / adjective:

• tight-lipped; able to keep a secret Antonym: 口が軽い ➜ 口の堅い

noun / ~の noun:

• within a marriage; between husband and wife; conjugal

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to thread (e.g. a needle, beads, etc.)

noun:

• slightly good luck (as a fortune telling result)

noun:

• central stalk of a dried rice plant

noun:

• large undertaking attempted in a far-off land - archaism

expression / noun:

• being outnumbered (e.g. in a military context)

noun:

• violent scene (in a movie, etc.)

noun:

• noh theater performed at night by a fire

noun:

• bot (autonomous computer program, esp. on a network) - IT term

noun:

• Japanese language (as a school subject in Japan)

noun:

• monkey brain (eaten as a delicacy, medicine, etc.) - obscure term

adverb:

• crushed flat; squashed to a pulp; squished; crumpled - onomatopoeia

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• emitting a shrill sound (musical instrument, metal, stone)

noun:

• short-sleeved kimono with a plain white backside

noun / ~の noun:

• rash that accompanies a severe itch; prurigo ➜ 蕁麻疹

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to bend into a loop (wire, hair, etc.)