noun:

• Maria Kannon; statue of the Virgin Mary disguised as a Buddhist Kannon statue, used by hidden Christians during the Edo period ➜ マリア・観音

noun:

• tone mark; mark placed in one of the four corners of a hanzi to show the tone in Chinese ➜ 声点

noun:

• stink bomb; foul odour emitted from the anal sacs of a frightened weasel
• final desperate tactic - idiom

noun:

• enjoyment of spring; interest in spring

noun:

• both labor and management; both the workers and the employers - four character idiom

noun:

• courtesy call; making the rounds

noun:

• late frost; frost in late spring ➜ 別れ霜【わかれじも】

adverb:

• one by one; going over with a fine-tooth comb

noun:

• one house; the same house

noun:

• Coregonus; genus of salmon in the family Salmonidae ➜ シロマス属・コレゴヌス属

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to pour water (into); to dilute with water
• to hinder; to hamper; to throw cold water on; to put a damper on; to estrange (people)

noun:

• Mycobacterium leprae; the bacteria that causes Hansen's disease (leprosy)

noun / ~する noun:

• dying abroad; dying in a foreign land

noun:

• toxic parents; parents who interfere excessively in their children's lives

adverb:

• without omission; in full

noun:

• western hemisphere; the Occident ➜ 東半球

noun:

• bound almanac; calendar in the form of a book ➜ 柱暦

adverb:

• somehow; for some reason; in some way; vaguely

expression / adverb:

• as a matter of fact; to tell the truth

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make one's story to seem coherent; to adjust one's story to fit the situation ➜ ばつを合わせる

noun:

• cytolysis; breakdown of cells by the destruction of their outer membrane

noun:

• chained library; library where the books are attached to their bookcase with a chain

noun:

• having a constant stream of visitors; being thronged with callers - four character idiom

noun:

• caisson disease; the bends

expression / noun:

• rain falling on cherry blossoms; rain at the time of the blossoming of cherry trees