noun:

• noble's consort; consort of a prince; consort of a duke; duchess; princess

noun / ~の noun:

• war renunciation; anti-war
• bout cancelled due to absence of one of the wrestlers - Sumo term

expression / adjective:

• not all bad; not as dissatisfied (or annoyed) as one would have others believe

noun / ~する noun:

• arriving at work late as if one were an executive; management attendance at work [literal] - humorous term - four character idiom

expression:

• all that one has; all that there is; the whole ➜ 有りったけ

noun:

• Chinese "Extended Net" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - archaism - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿・朱雀【すざく】

suffix / counter:

• counter for objects with stretched strings (i.e. bows, kotos), curtains, papers, etc.

ichidan verb:

• to be at a loss; to think and think but get nowhere; to fail to come up with a good idea

noun / ~の noun:

• bricks and clicks; brick and click; business with both physical and online presence ➜ クリックアンドモルタル

noun:

• yellow sand; yellow dust; Asian dust; dust carried on high winds from Mongolia, northern China, and Kazakhstan
• loess ➜ 黄土
• desert ➜ 砂漠

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be ready and waiting for; to be on the alert for - from 手に薬煉を引く ➜ 薬煉

noun:

• file wrapper for a patent; correspondence about the status of a patent between the inventor and the patent office

expression:

• the principle of fluidity and immutability in haiku; Haiku is both "fluid and transitory" and "eternal and immutable."; An interchange between the transient and the immutable is central to the soul of haiku. (Basho) - four character idiom

noun:

• strong local wind blowing around the Hira mountains in Shiga prefecture (sinks boats on the lake and stops trains of the Kosei Line)

expression:

• losing oneself; on top of the world; walking on air; frivolous - idiom

noun:

• arrow wheel (decorative windmill on the pole on which carp streamers are raised) ➜ 鯉幟

expression:

• the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; other people's flowers are redder [literal] - proverb

noun:

• decapitation; beheading - sensitive
• firings; dismissals; layoffs; downsizing
• small samurai sword used for decapitation

noun / ~する noun:

• regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on

noun:

• mark; guide; landmark
• purpose; aim; goal; intention; end
• sight (on a firearm) ➜ 照準器

noun:

• a service station for cars that run on alternative fuels

noun:

• popularly accepted "on" reading of a kanji (as opposed to those derived from Chinese)

noun:

• extremely high-grade Japanese meal served all at once (on a table with legs)

noun:

• fertile flower (on a flowering plant which also has infertile flowers, e.g. hydrangeas) - Botany term

noun:

• mark on a stage, movie set, etc. showing the position of people or props ➜ バミる

noun:

• popularly accepted "on" reading of a kanji (as opposed to those derived from Chinese) ➜ 慣用音