noun:

• first day of spring (according to the traditional lunisolar calendar, approx. Feb. 4) ➜ 二十四節気

noun:

• leftover food (esp. on one's plate at the end of a meal)

noun:

• type of dyeing method or pattern; silk printed by the Yuzen process

noun:

• sacred tree
• support pillars of the traditional fire festival bonfires ［しんぼく］

noun:

• playing to the gallery; grandstanding; gag; claptrap

adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• ad hoc; haphazard

noun:

• dress rehearsal - abbreviation ➜ 場当たり稽古

expression:

• at the time of (ind. opportunity or situation where something should be done)

noun:

• Defense Readiness Condition; DEFCON; alert state used by the United States Armed Forces

noun:

• Turkish bath
• soapland (brothel where one can bathe with the prostitutes) - sensitive ➜ ソープランド

noun / ~する noun:

• stirring up trouble to get credit from the solution - From English "match pump, i.e. lighting a match and then putting it out with a water pump"

noun:

• Giardia lamblia; protozoan parasite of the small intestine that causes giardiasis ➜ ランブル鞭毛虫症

noun:

• Rigel Kentaurus (star in the constellation Centaurus); Alpha Centauri - Astronomy term

noun:

• movements for sending young people to the countryside in China (1937, 1957, 1968) ➜ 下放運動【かほううんどう】

noun:

• Zen question for meditation (e.g. the sound of one hand clapping); koan

noun:

• "goggle-eyed" clay figure; variety of humanoid figurine from the late Jōmon period

noun:

• summer greeting card; inquiry after someone's health in the hot season ➜ 暑中見舞

noun / ~する noun:

• spinning of cocoons; silkworm's last sleep; transformation to the pupa stage

noun:

• dripping; drop; trickle
• water trickling from moss, rocks, or cliffs in the summer

noun:

• entering the priesthood; priest; monk - Buddhism term
• man with a shaven head
• bald-headed monster

noun:

• orpine (any plant of family Crassulaceae, esp. the garden stonecrop, Hylotelephium erythrostictum)

noun:

• observer; spectator (e.g. in court); (member of the) public; visitor; audience; gallery

noun:

• Xiongnu; ancient Central Asian nomadic people often associated with the Huns ➜ フン族

noun:

• pit of the stomach; solar plexus
• place where water falls ［水落・水落ち］

adverb / noun:

• finally; in the end; on top of all that

noun:

• memorial service held on the seventh day following a person's death - Buddhism term

noun:

• interference with a public servant in the execution of his or her duties