noun:

• snow, moon, and flowers; beauty of the four seasons (from a poem by Bai Juyi) ➜ 月雪花【つきゆきはな】

noun / ~する noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• billing and cooing; holding an intimate, long-winded conversation in whispers - archaism - four character idiom

noun:

• Nimravidae; extinct family comprising the false saber-toothed cats

noun:

• Pantherinae; subfamily of Felidae which contains the genera Panthera, Uncia and Neofelis

noun:

• Corona Borealis (constellation); the Northern Crown

adverb / noun:

• night and day; all the time - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• this world; the present life (in contrast to the land of the dead)

noun:

• Land Price LOOK Report; quarterly trend report of the prices of intensively used land in major cities

expression / ichidan verb:

• to fish; to have a line in the water

noun:

• Draco (constellation); the Dragon - Astronomy term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be away from home; to be out of the house

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to put an end (to); to close the books (on) ➜ 終止符を打つ

noun:

• talent; unit of currency in ancient Greece and Israel - From Greek "talanton"

~する verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

• to occur one after another; to happen in succession

adverb:

• ceaselessly; continually; all the time; incessantly

noun:

• floater serve (volleyball); serve with no spin - Sports term

noun:

• pinfall; pinning an opponent's shoulders to the ground (e.g. in wrestling)

noun:

• pillow money; tip left by the pillow for the room maid ➜ 枕銭

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to remain unsold; to be left on the shelf

noun:

• loser; the defeated Antonym: 勝利者

noun:

• afterlife; realm of the dead - obscure term ➜ あの世

noun:

• water ball; large inflatable sphere that allows a person inside it to walk across the surface of a body of water

noun:

• competitive lobbying; rivalry in campaigning (for and against) - four character idiom

suffix:

• doing; in such a state - abbreviation
• doing together; contest; match
• familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small") - familiar language

expression / adverb:

• clumsily; with clumsy hands