expression:

• waiting for one hundred years for the waters of the Yellow River to clear; waiting in vain for an unlikely event; waiting for pigs to fly; When the sky falls, we shall catch larks - four character idiom

noun:

• special version of a product with features that allow it to be used for evaluation - abbreviation - From English "evaluation chip"

noun:

• giving cries of encouragement at a critical moment - four character idiom

noun:

• style of clothing popular in the late 1970s and resembling a Catholic school uniform - abbreviation - From English "Yokohama traditional"

noun:

• leaning out of a car or train window

noun:

• thin strips of kombu cooked in soy sauce, etc. then dried - Food term

adverb:

• all of a sudden; suddenly; by chance; unexpectedly

noun:

• making replacements for defensive purposes in the late inning of a game - Baseball term

noun:

• in the prime of manhood

noun:

• rod of Asclepius

noun:

• buying the services of a prostitute

noun:

• art of using a naginata (halberd)

noun:

• number of lines; linage

noun:

• vessel made of clay - archaism

noun:

• man of this world; the real world; temporal things
• cast-off cicada shell; cicada ［空蝉・虚蝉］

noun:

• country of manufacture

noun / ~の noun:

• conservation of electric power

noun:

• the Grand Shrines of Ise

noun:

• ceremonial removal of the coffin from the house (lay person) or temple (priest) (Zen Buddhism) - Buddhism term

noun:

• the smoke of guns and a rain of bullets or shells - four character idiom

noun:

• Balcony of Appearances; balcony where the imperial family appears before the public
• (sports) interview platform; winner's platform; rostrum - colloquialism
• dancing platform (in a disco) - slang

noun:

• gomokuzushi wrapped in a thin layer of fried egg

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to crawl out of; to creep out of

noun:

• abolition of the death penalty; abolition of capital punishment

adverb / ~と adverb:

• sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back - onomatopoeia
• action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head - onomatopoeia