noun:

• The Halifax Explosion (Dec. 6, 1917)

noun:

• from long ago up until the present day - archaism - obscure term

noun:

• Altair (star in the constellation Aquila); Alpha Aquilae - Astronomy term

noun:

• Aldebaran (star in the constellation Taurus); Alpha Tauri - Astronomy term

expression:

• take the opportunity to (do something else) ➜ 事の序で

expression:

• take the opportunity to (do something else) ➜ 物の序で

adverb:

• just like; the same as; no different than

noun:

• tea container having pronounced "shoulders" near the neck ➜ 茶入

noun:

• slashing a sword diagonally from the shoulder

noun:

• sunbird (any bird in the family Nectariniidae)

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to try out the food at various restaurants - colloquialism ➜ 食べ歩き

noun:

• the path to Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land) - archaism ➜ 涼しき方

godan ~く verb:

• to stick it out (until the end)

expression:

• as a nation; with the whole country

noun:

• kagura (esp. when performed at the imperial palace) - polite language ➜ 里神楽

expression / noun:

• the three Rs; reading, writing and arithmetic

suffix:

• Sirs; Mesdames - pluralizing suffix - honorific language
• around (the time that, etc.); about - also かた

adverb:

• tremblingly; having the chills (through fear, cold, anticipation, etc.) - onomatopoeia

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to pronounce kanji (using the native Japanese reading) ➜ 読む

noun:

• bonang (small gongs used in the Javanese gamelan) - From Indonesian ➜ ガムラン

noun:

• Second Section company (on the Tokyo Stock Exchange)

noun / ~の noun:

• left (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); the following

noun:

• lampshell (excluding the lingulate brachiopods); lamp shell - obscure term ➜ 三味線貝

noun:

• Sparidae; fish family containing the tai

~する noun:

• disposal; scrapping; replacement; putting on the shelf; shelving