noun:

• Antares (star in the constellation Scorpio); Alpha Scorpii - Astronomy term

noun / ~する noun:

• defecating outdoors; faeces lying on the ground (feces) ➜ 糞

noun:

• cowardly, good-for-nothing samurai from the countryside

noun:

• Australia, New Zealand and the United States; ANZUS ➜ アンザス条約

noun:

• money handout to stimulate the economy (April 2009)

noun:

• the four gentlemen (plum, chrysanthemum, orchid, and bamboo)

noun:

• orthoscope (instrument for examining the iris)

noun:

• person in the business (entertainment, music, film, etc)

noun:

• head, trunk, arms, and legs; the whole body - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• military expedition led in person by the emperor

noun:

• provincial governorate (beginning in the late Heian period)

noun:

• (high interest) loan forcefully imposed on the borrower

noun:

• Aulonocara; genus comprising the peacock cichlids

noun:

• Eviota; genus comprising the pygmy gobies

noun:

• Isurus; genus comprising the mako sharks

noun:

• position at the imperial court in ancient China - abbreviation ➜ 内閣大学士

noun:

• conjecture; guesswork; shot in the dark ➜ 当て推量

noun:

• the three sacred mountains: Fuji, Atsuta, and Kumano - obscure term ➜ 霊山

noun:

• country closed to information from the outside world

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• springlike; like wind blowing through the spring sunshine

ichidan verb:

• to blow and gather together (by the wind) - obscure term

noun:

• Betelgeuse (star in the constellation Orion); Alpha Orionis - Astronomy term

noun:

• Rigel (star in the constellation Orion); Beta Orionis - Astronomy term

noun:

• plover on the riverside; plovers near a river

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to lead (a man) around by the nose