noun:

• Earth Day (April 22nd)

noun:

• White Day (March 14th)

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to set a high value on
• to take good care of; to look after

~する verb (spec.) / transitive:

• to imitate; to copy; to mock; to replace; to model after ➜ 真似る
• to trace; to forge

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to imitate; to copy; to mock; to replace; to model after ➜ 模する
• to trace; to forge

expression:

• cloudy after fine; sunny then cloudy; clear then cloudy ➜ 晴後雨【はれのちあめ】

expression:

• putting the cart before the horse; putting the diapers on before (the baby) is born [literal] - idiom

noun:

• The Three Jewels; The Triple Gem; Triratna; The Three Treasures; Buddha, Dharma, Sangha; Buddha, the teachings of Buddha, and the community of monks and nuns - Buddhism term

noun / ~する noun:

• service; help; assistance; care; concern
• discount; freebie; free gift
• (after-sales) service; servicing; (product) maintenance

noun:

• service (e.g. in tennis); serve - Sports term ➜ サーブ

noun:

• two meals; (eating) two meals a day

expression:

• when the enemy is defeated, the victorious soldiers can be killed off; when the nimble rabbit dies, the hunting dog is cooked [literal]

noun / adverbial noun:

• utmost limits; to the finish; to the (bitter) end; to the hilt; down to the bedrock - four character idiom

expression:

• the clothes do not make the man; the cowl does not make the monk - proverb

expression:

• the busier you are, the better you work - proverb
• the more, the better - proverb

auxiliary:

• word used at sentence-end (like a particle) to indicate speculation, volition or invitation - Kantō, Tōhoku dialect ➜ 可い

suffix:

• familiar suffix used after a personal name ［ぺ］

noun:

• working on a day off (to make up for lost time, or to make an impression)

noun:

• day of national humiliation (used in China for certain anniversaries of incidents where Japan humiliated China)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to lose interest; to weaken; to slacken
• to lose value after a peak (e.g. stock)

expression:

• one calamity followed close on the heels of another; out of the frying pan into the fire; tiger in front, wolf in the back [literal] - four character idiom

noun:

• mask squeeze; unequal pressure between the mask air space and the vascular pressure within the blood vessels of the face

expression:

• he that fights and runs away may live to fight another day; sometimes you have to lose to win - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• count; counting

noun:

• count of balls and strikes - Baseball term ➜ ボールカウント

noun / ~する noun:

• count (after a knock-down in boxing) - Sports term ➜ カウントアウト

noun:

• count (of radioactivity)

noun:

• the head; the foremost; beginning; the very front

noun:

• reverence for the emperor and the overthrow of the shogunate

expression:

• the parent is the best judge of the child - proverb