expression / ~の noun:

• according to (one's) calculations; for the purpose of calculation

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to abide (by the rules); to keep to the regulations Antonym: 規則を破る

expression:

• midsummer greetings; to inquiry after someone's health in the hot season - humble language ➜ 暑中お見舞い

noun:

• plastic toy (e.g. fish) suspended in a sealed glass tube filled with fluid; toy for use in the bath - obscure term

noun / ~の noun:

• terminal symptoms; sign of the approaching end

expression:

• come!; imperative form of the verb "kuru" ("to come"), expressing a command or strong request ➜ 来る【くる】

noun:

• year on year; on the previous year

noun:

• biopower; Foucault's term for the regulation by modern states of their subjects

noun:

• inner pleat; the raising of fabric up in the middle to marry bottom edges of yukata and kimono

noun:

• iyamisu; mystery fiction subgenre dealing with grisly episodes and the dark side of human nature - from イヤな汗 and ミステリー ➜ 嫌【いや】

noun:

• checkmark; mark in the shape of the katakana "re"

noun:

• makeshift; for the time being

noun:

• world of tathata; "the pure and absolute truth of the tathata is as wide as the sea" [figurative] - Buddhism term

noun:

• half-crying; being on the verge of crying

noun / ~の noun:

• imperial lands; lands blessed by the emperor's reign ➜ 化外

expression / adjective:

• causing concern; bad for the heart [literal]

noun:

• tide pool; rocky place where sea water remains after the tide draws out

noun:

• flutter kick (swimming); the thrash

noun:

• gender preselection; selection of the sex of offspring

noun / ~する noun:

• books returned unsold; books returned to the library

noun:

• Tucana (constellation); the Toucan

noun:

• geographic features; divination based on the lay of the land

noun:

• Daion; one of the eight gods of the koyomi ➜ 八将神

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to chase after two hares; to try and do two things at the same time - idiom ➜ 二兎を追う者は一兎をも得ず

noun:

• winter, night, and rainy weather; the ideal conditions for reading - four character idiom