expression / noun:

• long sword with birds' heads carved on the pommel

noun:

• long sword with birds' heads carved on the pommel - abbreviation ➜ 鳥頭の太刀

noun:

• Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (in Japan); SCAP ➜ ＳＣＡＰ

noun:

• person doing the actual work (as opposed to management)

noun:

• date on which the event is to take place

noun:

• rounding figures (e.g. to the nearest whole number)

noun / ~する noun:

• pursuing one overriding objective while forsaking all the others - four character idiom

noun:

• (falling into a) continuous decline; being on the wane - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• everything turning out fine; the whole thing being settled

expression:

• primly; with one's nose in the air; smugly

noun:

• ritual to banish the sleep demon (esp. in Tōhoku)

noun:

• mixed boarding; multiple groups using the same bus, etc.

~の noun / noun:

• behind-the-scenes

noun:

• the three weapons for catching criminals (Edo period) ➜ 刺股・突棒・袖搦

noun:

• Gaultheria adenothrix (alpine shrublet in the Ericaceae family)

noun:

• Reineckea carnea (flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family)

noun:

• Ophiopogon planiscapus (flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family)

noun:

• Maianthemum yesoense (flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family)

noun:

• Liriope minor (flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family)

noun:

• Billiken; pointy-headed charm doll, orig. from the US

noun:

• distinguished professor (unofficial title awarded by the institution itself)

noun:

• women in the sciences; female scientists - abbreviation - colloquialism ➜ 理系女子【りけいじょし】

expression / ichidan verb:

• the skies open up; to rain cats and dogs

noun / ~の noun:

• the one before last; two generations, etc. previous

expression:

• you can't catch the wind with a net - proverb