noun:

• desertion in the face of the enemy; deserting under enemy fire

noun:

• clouds in the sky

noun:

• date on which the event is to take place

noun:

• women in the sciences; female scientists - abbreviation - colloquialism ➜ 理系女子【りけいじょし】

noun:

• women who have slept with the same man - vulgar - slang ➜ 穴兄弟

noun:

• throwing of mochi to an assembled crowd, esp. during the framework-raising ceremony of a new building ➜ 棟上げ式【むねあげしき】

noun:

• benefit and protection of the law; interests protected by law; legal benefit

noun / ~する noun:

• all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration - four character idiom

noun:

• order of the 1st class

noun:

• being the sole master of the situation; reigning supreme; standing unchallenged - four character idiom

noun:

• squid chopped, salted and mixed in its own ink

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to lower the quality

noun:

• rice ball coated with sweetened red beans, soybean flour or sesame - obscure term ➜ 御萩

noun:

• ode in reply

noun:

• all over the island

noun:

• doorman in charge of footwear

expression:

• the first sign of bad luck; the first bad omen ➜ けちをつける

noun:

• rivalry for the heart of a woman ➜ 恋の鞘当て【こいのさやあて】
• quarrel over something trivial - from two samurai quarreling because the sheaths of their swords happened to touch

noun / ~する noun:

• second accession to the throne

noun:

• Order of the Sacred Treasure, Silver Rays

godan ~る verb:

• to hit with a club

noun:

• crow in the mountains
• jungle crow (Corvus macrorhynchos) ➜ ハシブトガラス
• rook (species of crow, Corvus frugilegus) ➜ ミヤマガラス
• dark-skinned person - archaism - derogatory term

noun:

• port at the mouth of a river

noun:

• the Avici hell, the eighth and most painful of the eight hells in Buddhism - four character idiom

noun:

• "before the spirit of the deceased" (written on the condolence-money envelope)