noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• head-on collision

noun:

• group of persons working at the imperial court (Yamato period)
• various craftsmen and artisans under the ritsuryo system

noun:

• twentieth day of the first month (end of New Year celebrations, upon which remaining New Year's food is eaten, decorations are stowed away, etc.)

noun:

• fourth month of the lunar calendar - obsolete term ➜ 卯の花月【うのはなづき】

noun:

• at the bedside where one dreams

noun:

• Day-of-the-Boar Festival ➜ 亥の子

noun:

• being unable to read the situation; being unable to pick up on the mood of a conversation - from the initials of 空気（が）読めない - abbreviation ➜ 空気が読めない

noun / ~する noun:

• moving to the countryside - From English "I-turn"

noun:

• forking the rook while checking the king - four character idiom - Shōgi term

noun:

• Law of the Sea

noun:

• simple on-off switch; one-way switch (UK); two-way switch (US) ➜ 片切スイッチ【かたぎりスイッチ】

noun:

• interference with a public servant in the execution of his or her duties - abbreviation ➜ 公務執行妨害罪

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to reveal something by washing the surface
• to bring to light; to reveal by investigation

noun:

• the pacific side of Japan; eastern sea
• of or about Japan

expression:

• by the way; incidentally

noun:

• both houses of the Diet

noun:

• the 10 calendar signs

noun:

• ball hit toward the gap between outfielders - Baseball term

expression:

• even the hardest of hearts can be moved to tears; a tear in the ogre's eye [literal] - proverb

expression:

• attempting two tasks at the same time, accomplishing neither; falling between two stools; catching neither the horsefly nor the bee [literal] - proverb

noun:

• the remote beginnings

noun:

• back of the head; occiput

ichidan verb:

• to look down on; to despise; to condescend ➜ 見下す

noun:

• Suffering, Source of Suffering Desire, The Cessation of Suffering, The Way Leading to the Cessation of Suffering (The Four Noble Truths of Buddhism) - Buddhism term ➜ 四諦

noun:

• upper air currents