noun:

• Spica (star in the constellation Virgo); Alpha Virginis - Astronomy term

noun:

• Deneb (star in the constellation Cygnus); Alpha Cygni - Astronomy term

noun:

• Achernar (star in the constellation Eridanus); Alpha Eridani - Astronomy term

noun:

• booklet with homework assignments for the summer vacation

noun:

• white cane (for the blind or visually impaired)

noun:

• place where raindrops fall from the eaves ➜ 雨落ち

noun:

• discarding the just-drawn tile ➜ 自摸【ツモ】

noun:

• bath taken after everyone else (in the family) ➜ 一番風呂

expression:

• the virtuous man will not long remain lonely - from The Analects of Confucius - proverb

expression:

• a starved dog does not fear the rod [literal] - proverb

expression / noun / ~する noun:

• lifting (a child) high up in the air - children's language

noun:

• Reconstruction Agency (established after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake)

auxiliary verb:

• used to indicate respect for the listener (or reader) - polite language ➜ ます

noun / ~する noun:

• signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking - archaism ➜ 目配せ

noun:

• New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia) ➜ 旧大陸

noun:

• current flowing from the open sea towards land ➜ 離岸流【りがんりゅう】

expression / noun:

• closure (of a road); suspension of traffic

expression:

• Road closed (on a sign); Closed to traffic; No through road

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to seclude oneself; to hide away; to stay inside (one's shell)
• to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.)
• to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be stuffy; to be dense
• to be muffled (e.g. voice)
• to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
• to confine oneself in a temple to pray

noun / ~する noun:

• removal (e.g. of a building); dismantling (e.g. a tent); striking (e.g. a stage set)
• withdrawal (of troops); evacuation; retreating

noun:

• Buddhist revelation through intuitive discernment; Spiritual awakening cannot be experienced with words and letters; Spiritual enlightenment can be attained only by means of communion of mind with mind (Zen Buddhism) - four character idiom ➜ 不立文字

~と adverb / adverb / ~する noun:

• lightly rolling (of a small and round thing) - onomatopoeia
• pleasant, high-pitched sound (e.g. bell, young woman's laughter) - onomatopoeia
• changing frequently (e.g. conversation, plans); (occurring) in rapid succession (e.g. sumo wrestlers being defeated); fickly; in a fickle manner - onomatopoeia
• roly-poly - onomatopoeia

~と adverb / adverb:

• chirp chirp; sound of insects - onomatopoeia
• ribbit ribbit; croak croak; sound of frogs - onomatopoeia ➜ ケロケロ

noun:

• roller; lint roller; paint roller ［ころころ・コロコロ］ - onomatopoeia

noun:

• prefecture-by-prefecture map; atlas of Japan divided by prefecture; map of a single prefecture

noun:

• political disturbance; political change; change of government; political upheaval; overthrowing of a government; coup d'état; coup; revolution

noun / ~する noun:

• holding a course (of lectures); offering a course
• beginning a series of one's lectures; starting a new course

noun:

• flower chafer (any flower beetle of tribe Cetoniini)
• Eucetonia pilifera (flower chafer species of tribe Cetoniini)