noun:

• divining the year's crop yields from the shape of lingering snow

noun:

• backmarker (competitor at the tail of the field, likely to be lapped)

noun:

• divination that predicts the events of the whole year (esp. concerning crops) ➜ 年見

noun / ~する noun:

• being in the center of attention again; coming back into the limelight

noun:

• flag used at funerals showing the name and rank of the deceased

noun:

• backside part of the shamisen's neck where it meets the body

noun:

• high-quality buckwheat flour (made only using the center of the grain)

noun:

• plan for the invasion of the Soviet Far East in July 1941 - abbreviation

expression:

• the pot calling the kettle black; the goop in the eye laughing at the snot in the nose [literal] - idiom

noun:

• robe worn by military officials with a round collar, unstitched open sides, and no wrapped fabric along the bottom ➜ 闕腋の袍
• small opening in the side of traditional Japanese clothing (where the sleeve meets the bodice, below the armpit); clothing with such an opening (usu. worn by women or children) ➜ 八つ口

proper noun:

• Epistle to the Hebrews (book of the Bible); Letter to the Hebrews; Hebrews ➜ ヘブライ人への手紙

noun:

• the sum of the length, width, and height of a package; length + width + height

noun:

• the five regent houses; five families of the Fujiwara clan (Konoe, Kujo, Nijo, Ichijo, and Takatsukasa) entrusted as imperial regents and advisors starting in the Kamakura period ➜ 摂関

expression:

• Yama's pole with a human head on the top (able to discern good and evil of the dead) ➜ 閻魔
• (being a) fuss-pot; complaining about things in the public eye

noun / ~する noun:

• improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress
• communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank Antonym: 下達 ➜ 上通

pronoun:

• that (indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind); it ➜ 何れ・此れ・彼【あれ】
• that time; then
• there (indicating a place near the listener) - archaism
• you - archaism

noun:

• outline of the sun (esp. represented as a red circle)
• the Japanese flag - abbreviation ➜ 日の丸の旗

noun:

• eighth sign of the Chinese zodiac (The Ram, 1pm-3pm, south-southwest, June)

noun:

• fourth sign of the Chinese zodiac (The Hare, 5am-7am, east, February)

noun:

• fifth sign of the Chinese zodiac (The Dragon, 7am-9am, east-southeast, March)

noun:

• third sign of the Chinese zodiac (The Tiger, 3am-5am, east-northeast, January)

noun:

• second sign of the Chinese zodiac (The Ox, 1am-3am, north-northeast, December)

noun:

• sixth sign of the Chinese zodiac (The Serpent, 9am-11am, south-southeast, April)

noun:

• Milky Way; luminous band corresponding to the plane of the galaxy - Astronomy term

noun:

• ninth sign of the Chinese zodiac (The Monkey, 3pm-5pm, west-southwest, July)