noun:

• large pink (Dianthus superbus var. longicalycinus) - four character idiom ➜ 撫子
• woman who displays the feminine virtues of old Japan

noun:

• eight-legged table (used as a stand for religious offerings, etc.) - archaism

noun:

• aimless attempt; shot in the dark - obscure term

noun:

• evening hairdo

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel

noun:

• snow that falls on mountains ➜ 里雪

noun:

• dogcatcher; dog warden

noun:

• wild nashi (Pyrus pyrifolia var. pyrifolia); wild Japanese pear

noun:

• tall shield orchid (Nervilia aragoana)

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to wield a spear

noun:

• good actor who is inept in all other matters; demon for acting who is utterly indifferent to all other concerns; skilled actor who knows little of life; person who excels in one occupation (profession) but lacks simple common sense - four character idiom

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to stir up trouble for oneself; to scare out a snake by poking at the brush [literal] ➜ やぶ蛇

noun:

• bureaucratism; bureaucratic nature - four character idiom

noun:

• mountain-valley winds; mountain and valley breeze

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to cease; to stop; to be over - colloquialism - obscure term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to carry out a role

auxiliary:

• does not - emphatic; usu. used after -masu stem of verb - colloquialism

noun:

• boorishness; coarseness; stupidity

noun:

• Lindera glauca (species of spicebush)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to act (as); to hold an office; to play the part (of)

noun:

• outdoor activity

adverb:

• no medical treatment having proved effective

noun:

• small opening in the side of some traditional Japanese clothing (located where the sleeve meets the bodice, below the armpit)

noun / ~の noun:

• drug use

noun:

• pyrograph