noun:

• Ranunculaceae; plant family containing the crowfoot

noun:

• the Van Allen (radiation) belt (layer)

noun:

• worship by the emperor at a shrine - honorific language

noun:

• the (above-mentioned) authorities; police (from said station)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to lead someone around by the nose

noun:

• sleeping under the stars - colloquialism
• having sex outdoors

noun:

• The Pillow Book (by Sei Shonagon)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to turn one's back (on the enemy)

expression:

• in fooling the enemy first deceive your allies - proverb

noun:

• the continuative form when used as a conjunction

noun:

• defenestration (throwing something or somebody out the window)

noun:

• kissing in public (on the street) - obscure term - slang

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to count on someone as the only support

noun:

• in-house faction (political groups within the Diet)

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• over the top - ゴテゴテ and ごてごて are more emphatic - onomatopoeia
• thickly; heavily; richly ➜ こってり

temporal noun:

• first thing in the morning - colloquialism

expression:

• feeling sad or downhearted; down in the dumps - idiom

noun:

• minimum limit; the lowest degree (possible, allowable, etc.)

expression:

• putting on weight from the good (married) life - colloquialism

noun:

• path to the netherworld (underworld); Hades; Hell ➜ 黄泉

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