noun / ~の noun:

• self-reliance; acting according to one's own ideas and beliefs - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• being dissolute and unruly; ruining oneself by leading a fast life - four character idiom

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• with colors flying and band playing; triumphantly; in splendid array

noun:

• light shower on a night in late autumn and early winter - four character idiom

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• having presence of mind; imperturbable; calm and self-possessed; with serenity - archaism - four character idiom

noun:

• Hamaguri Gomon incident (1864 clash between pro and anti-shogunate forces)

noun:

• plant native to eastern Russia and Hokkaido (Mimulus sessilifolius Maxim. p)

noun:

• same singular and plural form (of a noun) (e.g. sheep)

noun:

• hatchet; traditional Japanese edged tool with short handle and wide blade

noun:

• mochi cut thin, dried, and baked or fried ➜ 餅

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• aesthetic sense in Japanese art emphasising quiet simplicity and subdued refinement - four character idiom ➜ 侘寂

noun:

• rapping sound (and other sounds when associated with poltergeists)

noun:

• Jolly Rodger; pirate skull-and-crossbones flag

noun:

• long holiday (esp. Golden Week in late April and early May) ➜ ゴールデンウィーク

noun:

• cupronickel (alloy of approximately 80% copper and 20% nickel) ➜ 白銅

noun:

• poor and careless way of living - archaism - male language
• self deprecating first person pronoun

noun:

• skewered fish (or vegetables, etc.) coated with miso and cooked

noun:

• naan; nan; flatbread in Central and South Asian cuisine - From Hindi

noun:

• Formosan whistling thrush (Myophonus insularis) - colloquialism
• blue-and-white flycatcher (Cyanoptila cyanomelana) ➜ 大瑠璃

noun:

• 34 (originally 33) sacred places in and around Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture ➜ 三十三所

noun:

• thin, dried strips of daikon soaked in vinegar and other flavorings ➜ はりはり漬け

noun:

• Spring and Autumn period (of Chinese history, approx. 770-403 BCE)

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to recover from an illness (and put away one's sickbed) - obscure term ➜ 床を上げる

noun:

• half-way between medium and well done - From English "medium well"

noun:

• radio waves, as sent out and received by people's minds - slang