noun:

• low-lying land reclaimed from the sea - From Dutch "polder"

noun:

• Canes Venatici (constellation); the Hunting dogs - Astronomy term

noun:

• poem or song written by the emperor

noun:

• man fit for the post; right person

noun:

• Canis Major (constellation); the Greater Dog

noun:

• the Japanese spirit imbued with Chinese learning - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• taking the field first, thus batting second - Baseball term

noun:

• mating season; estrus (oestrus); estrum; the rut

~の noun / adjectival noun / noun:

• slight; thin; on the weak side

noun:

• being stationed or resident in the USA

noun:

• keeping the head cool and feet warm - four character idiom

noun:

• goods to offer the junk dealer

noun / ~する noun:

• tanned by the sun and sea breezes

noun:

• end-blown flute (esp. the recorder) ➜ 横笛

noun:

• the right to tenant farm in perpetuity

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• fast asleep; dead to the world

noun:

• the political party to which one belongs

noun:

• putting one's courage to the test

noun:

• national interests and the people's welfare - four character idiom

noun:

• fish which lives close to the surface

adjectival noun / noun:

• peacefulness (esp. the world); tranquillity; tranquility

noun / ~する noun:

• going somewhere warmer for the winter; wintering

noun:

• Ophiuchus (constellation); the Serpent Bearer - Astronomy term

noun:

• staying or residing in the United States

noun / ~する noun:

• situation where the bottom has dropped out