noun:

• cinquefoil (Potentilla matsumurae); potentilla; Japanese alpine perennial of the rose family

noun:

• unlicensed nursery; daycare services offered outside of the scope of traditional nurseries

noun / ~する noun:

• show one's real ability; illustration of the distinctive character of (something) - four character idiom

noun:

• ceremony fee; money dedicated to the gods when participating in a ceremony - Shintō term

expression / noun:

• people who partied flamboyantly in Harajuku, etc. in the 70s and 80s

noun:

• three large cities (esp. Edo, Kyoto, and Osaka during the Edo period)

noun:

• ranking vice-minister in the Department of Worship (ritsuryo system); deputy minister - archaism ➜ 大輔【たいふ】

noun / ~する noun:

• sudden emergence; sudden formation; coming out of nowhere; bursting onto the scene - slang

noun:

• Congo Free State (1885-1908 name of the Belgian Congo)

noun:

• service in the second reserve; military reserve force comprised of ex-servicemen

noun:

• wall; partition
• barrier; obstacle
• Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) ［へき］ - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿・玄武【げんぶ】

adverb:

• at last; at length - onomatopoeia
• barely; narrowly; just; by the skin of one's teeth - onomatopoeia

noun / adverbial noun / suffix noun:

• degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about; approximately

noun / suffix noun:

• king; ruler; sovereign; monarch
• tycoon; magnate; champion; master
• king (of the senior player) - abbreviation - Shōgi term ➜ 王将【おうしょう】

noun / ~の noun:

• everything; all; the whole

adverb:

• entirely; completely; wholly; all

noun / ~する noun:

• practice (in the field); training (esp. practical and hands-on); practical exercise; drill

noun:

• trader; dealer; businessman; vendor; supplier; manufacturer
• fellow trader; people in the same trade

adjectival noun / adverb / noun:

• the truth; fact; as it is; as you are; frank; bare plain

adverb:

• from the bottom of one's heart; heart and soul; by nature

noun:

• fifty-three stations on the Tōkaidō (Edo-Kyoto highway in Edo-period Japan) - abbreviation ➜ 東海道五十三次【とうかいどうごじゅうさんつぎ】

noun:

• dawn; daybreak
• event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence ［あかつき］ - usu. as 〜の暁に

noun:

• street corner; road turn; bend in the road
• turning point; watershed

noun / ~する noun:

• repeating a year (at school); staying in the same class for another year

noun:

• waves that remain after the wind has subsided
• after-effect; aftermath ［よは］

noun / ~の noun:

• revival from the brink of death; recovering from a hopeless situation; resuscitation; revitalization - four character idiom