noun:

• luck, steadfastness and patience (the three keys to achieving success)

noun:

• turning an object in the wrong direction
• retort

noun:

• lower-ranking vassal in the Kamakura and Edo periods

noun:

• work using the hands; handwork ［手業］
• hand throwing technique (judo) - usu. 手技 - Martial Arts term

noun:

• the sense of being engulfed in a green, mountainous atmosphere

noun:

• high waves which rise during the dog days of summer

noun:

• restrictions on the number of kanji recognized for usage (recognised)

noun:

• benefiting from the influence of a master or parent

noun:

• the Seven Misfortunes and Eight Pains - four character idiom - Buddhism term
• a series of disasters

adverbial noun:

• now; at this time
• the other day; recently; lately

noun / ~する noun:

• forwarding documents regarding an additional charge to the public prosecutor

noun:

• the Blue House (South Korea's presidential palace)

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• clear; translucent; brilliant; sweetly ringing (as the tinklings of jade)

noun:

• Minister of the Left (official in Nara and Heian periods)

noun:

• rice cakes made after the customer has paid for them

noun:

• while being out of the office or away from home

noun / ~する noun:

• signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking

adjectival noun / ~の noun / noun:

• old-fashioned; behind the times; out of date

noun:

• the lone woman (e.g. bright flower) in a group

noun:

• standee (in a theatre); standing-room spectator; the gallery

noun:

• place where the sacred palanquin is lodged during a festival ➜ 御旅所

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to perform religious rites for the repose of a soul

expression / ichidan verb:

• to stop in the middle of a sentence

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to attack the enemy in his unguarded moment

noun:

• noncommissioned officer of the Japanese Air Self Defense Forces (Defence)