expression / ichidan verb:

• to iron; to do the ironing

expression / ichidan verb:

• to throw down the drain; to waste

noun:

• stars; the stars and planets; celestial bodies

noun:

• Shikoku pilgrimage (to the 88 temples); Shikoku pilgrim ➜ 四国巡礼

noun / ~する noun:

• change over the years; aging; ageing; secular change

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite - idiom ➜ 猫被り

~の noun / adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• very recently; in the very recent past

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to wave a flag
• to show the way

expression / noun:

• money rules the world; rich man's world - idiom

expression:

• I wish I could sink through the floor

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to go back to the starting point

noun:

• dead center; dead centre; right in the middle

noun:

• gentian (esp. the great yellow gentian, Gentiana lutea) - From Latin "gentiana"

noun:

• pipefish (esp. the seaweed pipefish, Syngnathus schlegeli)

expression:

• when in Rome, do as the Romans do - proverb ➜ 郷に入っては郷に従え

noun:

• family working in the forest industry; forestry family

expression:

• late at night; deep in the night

expression:

• early post war period; immediately after the war

noun:

• seeing for the first time; first sight

~の noun / noun:

• wind-swept; exposed to the wind ➜ 吹き曝し

noun:

• suffering from the heat; heatstroke; heat prostration

noun:

• budget travel; penniless travel; travelling on the cheap

noun:

• popliteal fossa; popliteal space; area behind the knee - obscure term ➜ 膝窩【しっか】

noun / ~の noun:

• popliteal fossa; popliteal space; area behind the knee

noun:

• tidying a garden; sweeping the yard; garden work