noun:

• mercenary spirit; commercial motives; a nose for profit; moneygrubbing disposition - four character idiom

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to become speechless; to be at a loss for words - idiom

noun:

• currency value; value of a currency

noun:

• ordination; appointment to a post

noun:

• Imperial surname; title borne by a prince of the blood as a head of a house ➜ 宮家【みやけ】

expression / adjective:

• unable to read the situation; unable to pick up on the mood of a conversation ➜ 空気を読む

noun / ~する noun:

• information; making a report (to a superior)

expression / godan -いく／-ゆく verb (spec.):

• to be adopted; to enter a family as an adopted child

noun:

• elitism; idea of being part of a chosen people ➜ 選民

expression:

• good fences make good neighbors; a hedge between keeps friendship green - proverb

expression:

• appearances can be deceiving; don't judge a book by its cover - proverb

adjectival noun / noun:

• being bored; being at a loose end

expression:

• in no time; in a flash - abbreviation ➜ 間髪を入れず【かんはつをいれず】

expression / adjective:

• extremely busy; so busy one would even welcome the help of a cat [literal] - idiom

noun:

• skilled engineer (mechanic) who is clumsy in all other matters; person who gets a great kick out of tinkering with anything mechanical - four character idiom

noun:

• way of wearing; way one wears a garment

expression / noun:

• something indistinct; a crow in a pitch-black night [literal] ➜ 闇夜に烏

expression / noun:

• perseverance prevails; three years on a (cold) stone (will make the stone warm) [literal] - proverb

noun:

• water offered to God; water drunk before an altar to symbolize the making of a vow
• miracle-working water
• water which gathers in the nodes of bamboo after falling as rain at noon on the 5th day of the 5th month (lunar calendar), thought to be effective when used in medicines

noun:

• construction area; section of a construction project

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• whaa whaa; sound of a baby crying - onomatopoeia

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to lull (a child) to sleep; to put a person to sleep

noun:

• stretched tire (tyre); narrow tire mounted on a wide rim to achieve a low-profile look

noun:

• murder victim; body of a murder victim

noun:

• itinerant monk; monk on a pilgrimage - Buddhism term