noun:

• first or solo run in a race (grand prix, horse race, etc.)

noun:

• mound on which targets are placed (in archery); firing mound

noun:

• the first time in the year that one wears an awase kimono ➜ 袷

noun:

• tree covered in fresh green leaves; newly green trees of early Summer ➜ 新緑・若葉

noun:

• noro; member of a hereditary caste of female mediums in Okinawa

noun:

• imminent danger; like a carp stuck in a puddle on the road [literal]

noun:

• provincial governor's office - archaism ➜ 国司
• provincial governorate (beginning in the late Heian period) - abbreviation ➜ 国衙領

noun:

• pavilion housing the empress's reception hall (in the inner Heian Palace) ➜ 七殿・十七殿

noun / ~する noun:

• patrolling ➜ 巡行
• acting in accordance with one's orders
• direct motion; prograde motion - Astronomy term ➜ 順行

noun:

• net cafe refugee; homeless person living in an Internet cafe ➜ ネカフェ難民【ネカフェなんみん】

noun:

• net cafe refugee; homeless person living in an Internet cafe - abbreviation ➜ ネットカフェ難民【ネットカフェなんみん】

noun:

• frequency; popularity; currency

~する noun:

• to perform well; to be successful in an activity

expression / noun:

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

noun:

• act of treachery; breach of faith; stab in the back; double-cross

expression / noun:

• champion of justice; knight in shining armor; crime avenger; hero; super hero

noun / ~の noun:

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

noun:

• Buddhist teachings; Buddhist scriptures - Buddhism term
• Dharmakara; Amitabha Buddha in a pre-enlightenment incarnation - Buddhism term

noun:

• self-motion (esp. in the Hegelian dialectic, dialectical materialism, etc.); self-movement

noun:

• internal sense ➜ 外官【がいかん】
• public official stationed in the capital (under the ritsuryo system) ➜ 外官【げかん】

noun / ~する noun:

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

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to see well in the dark; to have good night vision

noun:

• jatropha (member of a genus of flowering plants in the spurge family)

noun:

• ceremony fee; money dedicated to the gods when participating in a ceremony - Shintō term

noun:

• cashier's desk; counter (where you pay in a store); cash desk

noun:

• Hojo clan symbol; Hojo family crest (three triangles in a triangular pattern)