noun:

• Carina (constellation); the Keel

noun:

• strange festival; festival with bizarre or unusual ritual

noun:

• childcare leave; leave taken after the compulsory maternity leave - abbreviation ➜ 育児休業・産休【さんきゅう】

noun:

• esprit de corps; spirit of the corps

noun:

• whole temple complex; all the temples on a mountain
• one mountain - orig. meaning ➜ 一山【ひとやま】

noun:

• Carcharias; genus of sand sharks in the family Odontaspidae

noun:

• losing move (go, shogi); move that costs one the game ➜ 勝着

noun:

• unlicensed nursery; daycare services offered outside of the scope of traditional nurseries

noun / ~の noun:

• heliotropism; actinotropism; disposition (in flowers) to turn toward the sun; phototropism ➜ 背日性

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be very busily occupied; to be swamped with work

noun / ~の noun:

• right opposite; directly across; just in front of; face to face ➜ 真向かい

noun:

• somai; type of bola with two balls ➜ ボーラ

noun:

• Cercocebus; order comprising the white-eyelid mangabeys

noun / ~する noun:

• grabbing; taking (as much as one can hold) by the hand

noun:

• using together; using in turn

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to go on tour; to be on the road (e.g. theatre troupe) (theater)

noun:

• sunken kotatsu; low table over a hole in the floor (may have a heat source underneath and a hanging quilt to retain warmth) ➜ 炬燵

noun:

• one's child; a child one has brought into the world
• descendant - archaism

adverb:

• at all times; at any time; in rain or shine; reliably

noun:

• Sphenisciformes; order comprising the penguins

adverb:

• by today; before the day is over

noun:

• book-cover design; picture on the cover of a book

noun:

• Japan; name of Japan in Japanese mythology

expression:

• really laughing my ass off; extreme rolling on the floor laughing - slang ➜ テラワロス・ワロス

noun:

• Salvelinus; genus of salmonid fish of the family Salmonidae