to wait eagerly or impatiently

it is best to submit to circumstances

good wine makes good blood; sake is the best of all medicines; drinking a moderate amount of alcohol is better than medicine

to make judgement based on the long run, rather than on the current state of affairs

a fourspine sculpin (species Cottus kazika); very similar to the kajika (see below), but larger

(rare) a fourspine sculpin (species Cottus kazika); very similar to the kajika (see below), but larger

a Japanese fluvial sculpin (species Cottus pollux), more commonly known as 鰍 (kajika)

a Japanese fluvial sculpin (species Cottus pollux); very similar to the kamakiri (see above), but smaller

will you marry me

A stock phrase in Japanese pop culture supposedly used by the wife in a newly-wed couple to invite her new husband to bed.