noun:

• first day of the second month

noun:

• descendant of the Taira (Heike) family

noun:

• twenty-third of the sexagenary cycle ➜ 干支

noun:

• supplementary reader in a foreign language classroom - From English "side reader"

noun:

• points of improvement; improved areas
• points needing improvement; problem areas

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to tread (a nail) into the sole of one's foot; to tread through (the floor)

noun:

• museum of modern literature

noun:

• form of transport; mode of transport

noun:

• Japanese style of calligraphy based on the gyousho style popular in the Edo period ➜ 青蓮院流

noun:

• magazine of a society

noun:

• pattern of Japanese accent with the last mora high and the succeeding particle low

expression:

• a bit more; a bit longer ➜ もう少し

noun:

• a married woman's paramour; lover

noun:

• being on the verge of starvation; being about to starve - four character idiom

noun:

• style of gagaku based on Tang-era Chinese music and ancient Indian song and dance - abbreviation - archaism ➜ 左方の楽

noun:

• sound of rustling leaves

adverb:

• just a tiny bit - archaism

noun:

• being full of vitality (energy); in exuberant spirits; effervescent; ebullient - four character idiom

noun:

• eighth of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Saturn and north-east) ➜ 九星

noun:

• a tinker; tinkerer

noun:

• the state (degree) of congestion; how bad traffic jams are - four character idiom

noun:

• manner of singing

noun / ~する noun:

• make a choice among many; select the good (desirable, necessary, relevant) and discard the rest; decision to adopt or reject - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• still remaining after a thousand years; immortal - four character idiom

noun:

• pedestrian walkway along a road