noun:

• instrument used in tea ceremony

noun:

• drawing or writing in pencil

noun:

• being absorbed in reading - four character idiom

noun:

• cake wrapped in bamboo leaves

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to draw in; to attract

noun:

• buy in advance

noun / ~する noun:

• (things) being complete, tranquil, and in harmony - four character idiom

noun:

• increase in profit; increase in profitability; augmentation of earnings; revenue management

noun:

• dish of potatoes first boiled, then spun around while fried in a bowl (making them look as if covered in powder) - Food term

noun:

• Buddhist image in the open

noun:

• one-sided wait for the end tile of a three-in-a-row which will finish one's hand (i.e. for a 3 while holding 1-2, or for a 7 while holding 8-9) - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ 辺張待ち【ペンチャンまち】

godan ~る verb:

• to gather in large groups

noun / ~の noun:

• sowing in spring

noun:

• sit-in

noun:

• Buddhist image in the open ➜ 濡れ仏

noun:

• "grain in ear" solar term (approx. June 6, when awns begin to grow on grains) ➜ 二十四節気

noun:

• economic downturn precipitated by the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy in 2008 - From English "Lehman Shock"

noun:

• in session; in progress; under way; open

noun:

• in that case

noun:

• capstone in a cist (archaeology); dolmen burial chamber

noun:

• legs bowed in; sitting with heels spread apart

noun:

• literary style from the Heian era onwards, often mainly in kana and written by women

expression / adjective:

• dark even in the daytime

noun:

• flowers that bloom in the heavens; paper flowers scattered before the Buddha's image - Buddhism term

noun:

• getting ready to go out in the snow; clothing for going out in the snow; snow gear - obscure term