noun:

• work in a Zen temple (e.g. cleaning, working in the fields) - Buddhism term

noun:

• (one's) handling of the reins; how well one controls things

noun:

• clouds appearing before the wind starts to blow
• winds and clouds - esp. かぜくも ➜ 風雲【ふううん】

noun:

• stripping to one's waist; being bare from the waist up

noun:

• wild fox
• fox spirit from the Kyushu region capable of possession ［やこ］ - archaism

noun:

• drinking spring water; taking the waters; onsen water used for medical treatment

noun:

• Brachycome (genus of asters, esp. the swan river daisy, Brachycome iberidifolia); Brachyscome

expression / noun:

• Arab Spring (revolutionary wave in the Arab world, 2010-2011)

noun:

• act of treachery; breach of faith; stab in the back; double-cross

noun:

• essence; true nature; substance; reality - archaism

adverb:

• originally; naturally; by nature; from the start - archaism

noun:

• restrictions on the use of colors by ranks of Heian era courtiers - archaism ➜ 許し色・黄丹

adverb:

• further; farther; furthermore; all the more; even more

noun:

• room connecting the two main rooms of a building; intermediate room

suffix:

• care of; at the household of (when addressing letter, etc.); c-o

noun:

• abomasum (fourth compartment of the stomach of a ruminant); maw; rennet-bag

noun:

• self-motion (esp. in the Hegelian dialectic, dialectical materialism, etc.); self-movement

noun:

• one-yen taxi (in the Taisho and Showa periods); taxi - abbr. of 一円タクシー

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to see well in the dark; to have good night vision

noun:

• popliteal fossa; popliteal space; area behind the knee

expression:

• the world is at peace; bows in bags and swords in sheaths [literal] - proverb

noun:

• jatropha (member of a genus of flowering plants in the spurge family)

noun:

• chakra; centers of spiritual power in the human body, in Indian thought - From Sanskrit

noun:

• cinquefoil (Potentilla matsumurae); potentilla; Japanese alpine perennial of the rose family

noun:

• unlicensed nursery; daycare services offered outside of the scope of traditional nurseries

noun / ~する noun:

• show one's real ability; illustration of the distinctive character of (something) - four character idiom