noun:

• Chrysanthemum Festival (the 9th day of the 9th lunar month) (one of the five annual festivals) ➜ 五節句・重陽【ちょうよう】

noun:

• Japan's three antinuclear principles (against producing, possessing and allowing the entry of nuclear weapons into Japanese territory)

noun:

• person who goes to greet someone (e.g. at the airport) ➜ 送り人【おくりびと】

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to make an onslaught (on); to close in (on)

noun:

• deep autumn (when the autumn has reached its climax)

noun:

• shoulder strap (on a dress)

noun:

• Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) ➜ 角【かく】

noun:

• gift for close relatives or friends (given on the occasion of a family celebration)
• family celebration; private celebration

noun:

• palpitations (of the heart) - four character idiom

expression / noun:

• Arab Spring (revolutionary wave in the Arab world, 2010-2011)

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to care for (the sick); to nurse; to attend (someone's deathbed)

noun:

• letters from exiled Europeans in Jakarta to their Japanese wives and half-Japanese children (during the Edo period)

noun:

• office (e.g. the Oval Office)

noun:

• Otenmon conspiracy (political incident in 866CE centered around the destruction by fire of the main gate of the imperial palace) - archaism

noun:

• Former Watanabe Faction (of the LDP)

noun:

• Ixeris dentata (species of the daisy family)

noun:

• stencil printing (on cloth)

noun:

• leaving something as it is (after taking it out or turning it on)

noun:

• first train (of the day)

noun:

• supreme law (of the land)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is) ➜ 見当がつかない

noun:

• threadfin butterflyfish (Chaetodon auriga, species of the Indo-Pacific)

noun:

• Kouchikai (political faction of the LDP)

noun:

• judicial decision made with human kindness and warmth in a fair manner (from the decisions of Ōoka Tadasuke, a jurist in 17th century Japan)

ichidan verb:

• to strip (the head of a screw, bolt, etc.); to wear out - obscure term