expression / noun:

• fly in the ointment - idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• living a quiet life in seclusion away from the masses

noun / ~する noun:

• hum; meditation; painstaking elaboration on one's poem; groaning in distress

noun:

• the nine principal points in a game of go

noun / ~する noun:

• sitting calmly and quietly (i.e. in order to meditate)

noun / ~する noun:

• making a rough estimate in one's head
• expectation; anticipation

noun:

• break in contact; not hearing from; having no communication with - four character idiom

noun:

• wearing a yukata; (in) one's informal summer kimono

noun:

• sound of wind rustling in the pine needles (like waves)

noun:

• offerings of rope, paper, etc. hung on trees in Shinto shrines

noun:

• rice, meat and vegetable dish served in a small pot

noun:

• God's son (in Christianity) ［御子］
• child of the emperor

noun:

• the mid-month's slate of entertainment in a variety hall

noun:

• foods abstained from in hopes of having one's desire granted

noun:

• residential building in which the first floor is occupied by businesses

expression / adverb:

• furthermore; besides; moreover; in addition; further; above or beyond this

noun:

• clerical position (e.g. in the civil service); general office work

noun:

• rice cake with bean paste wrapped in a preserved cherry leaf

noun:

• alcove slab; wooden board placed in a tokonoma; baseboard; base plate ➜ 床の間

noun:

• kaoliang; variety of sorghum, esp. used in making spirits - From Chinese

noun:

• small vessel or bowl in which sake cups are rinsed

noun:

• clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine) ➜ 拍手【はくしゅ】

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to be brought up with tenderest care in a good family

expression / noun:

• taking pride in something mundane, thinking it is exceptional; Liaodong boar [literal]

noun / ~する noun:

• normalization (e.g. in floating-point representation system); normalisation; standardization; standardisation