noun:

• (in the middle of) considering; deliberating

noun:

• decreasing the number of stitches (knitting)

noun:

• increasing the number of stitches (knitting) ➜ 減らし目

expression / temporal noun / adverbial noun:

• just the other day; quite recently

noun:

• one-child policy (of the PRC)

expression:

• what the hell are you saying? - Kansai dialect

noun:

• what the hell are you saying? - Kansai dialect

expression:

• what the hell are you saying? - Kansai dialect

noun:

• hiking; tramping; walking in the country - From German "Wanderung"

noun:

• women in the sciences; female scientists - abbreviation ➜ 理系女性・理系女子

noun:

• women in the sciences; female scientists ➜ 理系女子

noun:

• women in the sciences; female scientists ➜ 理系女

noun:

• everywhere; all over the place ➜ そこら中

noun:

• imperial family; relatives of the Emperor

noun:

• Mazu; Chinese goddess of the sea

noun:

• first dried nori after the winter

noun:

• outing to the fields and mountains

noun:

• the buddha of infinite light (Amithaba)

noun:

• first day of the equinoctial week

noun:

• shrine listed in the Engi-Shiki ➜ 延喜式【えんぎしき】

expression / godan ~す verb:

• for the time to be ripe

noun:

• the Five Highways (radiating from Edo) ➜ 東海道【とうかいどう】・中山道【なかせんどう】

noun / ~の noun:

• the reverse; other side; lining ➜ 裏側【うらがわ】

noun:

• remote countryside; boondocks; the sticks ➜ ド田舎【ドいなか】

noun:

• castle magically created by the Buddha - Buddhism term