noun:

• thing in itself (philosophy) - From German "Ding an sich" ➜ 即自

noun:

• rival in (the game of) go

noun:

• design-in

expression:

• going through great pains in vain - idiom

expression:

• suffix used to negate a verb in the non-past tense - Kansai dialect ➜ ない

interjection:

• humph; hmph

noun / ~する noun:

• sitting in circle; round straw mat

expression:

• "There is a huge markup in medicines." - four character idiom

noun:

• court music pavilion in a Shinto shrine; kagura hall ➜ 神楽殿

expression:

• do not delay in making amends for your wrongs - proverb

noun:

• Buddhist services in memory of those drowned in a river; offering to suffering spirits at the river - four character idiom

noun:

• simple type of clothing consisting of a large piece of cloth with a hole in the middle for the head

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to welter in blood; to be covered in blood

noun:

• sheep in a tiger's skin; gimcrack; showy without real worth; all show and no substance - four character idiom

noun:

• stealing a car by rear-ending it lightly and having a friend jump in and drive off after the driver gets out - slang

noun / ~する noun:

• putting one's affairs in order; ordering one's affairs; tidying up

noun:

• in the mud or mire

noun / ~する noun:

• reduction in pay Antonym: 昇給

noun:

• mix of peanuts and spicy baked or fried mochi chips in the shape of kaki (Japanese persimmon) seeds - abbreviation ➜ 柿の種【かきのたね】・ピーナッツ・柿ピー【かきピー】・ピー柿【ピーかき】

noun:

• in the process of being repaired; during repairs

noun:

• light Kyoto-style home cooking with boiled vegetables and marinated food, also now served in restaurants ➜ 惣菜【そうざい】

noun:

• highest ranked wrestler in a stable - Sumo term

noun:

• two sickles used in Okinawan Kobudo ➜ 鎌

noun:

• government official next in rank to the sakan (ritsuryo system) ➜ 主典

expression:

• in accordance with the situation

adverb:

• in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash