noun:

• red blossoms and green willows; beautiful scenery of spring; natural beauty; beauty of nature - four character idiom

noun:

• Treaty of San Francisco; Treaty of Peace with Japan (Sept. 8, 1951) ➜ 対日講和条約

expression / adjective:

• to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of

noun:

• alloy of gold, silver, copper, zinc, cadmium, etc., used to fuse items of gold

expression:

• in front of your nose; right next to you
• tip of one's nose

noun / ~の noun / ~する noun:

• receiving; welcoming; going to meet - polite language ➜ 迎え

noun:

• final call; call of fate; approach of death

expression / noun:

• humiliation of defeat in battle; past humiliation by others; shame of an unendurable disgrace - proverb ➜ 会稽の恥を雪ぐ【かいけいのはじをすすぐ】

adverb:

• or; otherwise
• furthermore; also
• perhaps; by some chance; possibly - archaism
• that being said; be that as it may - archaism
• however; but - archaism
• not to mention; needless to say - archaism
• as expected; sure enough - archaism
• really; at all - used to express emphatic denial, suspicion, or emotion - archaism

noun:

• top and bottom; high and low; above and below; upper and lower ends; up and down

noun / ~する noun:

• going up and down; rising and falling; fluctuating
• going and coming back

noun:

• upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled; the government and the people
• first and second volumes

noun:

• four gods said to rule over the four directions
• (in China) four gods said to rule over the four seasons

noun:

• cooking over a second fire to prevent contamination from one's everyday fire for performing Shinto rites; cooking over a second fire to prevent contamination from mourning people, menstruating women, etc.

adjective:

• stinking; smelly
• suspicious; fishy
• clumsy; unskilled

suffix / adjective:

• smelling of
• looking like; appearing like; smacking of; -ish

noun:

• soft fiberboard; soft fibreboard - senses 1 and 2 are originally from an abbreviation of "texture"
• cloth; fabric; material - often used in brand names
• tex; unit of linear mass density of fibres

noun:

• stage of ennui (esp. in one's married life); period of lassitude; lethargic period; rut

noun:

• divine punishment; wrath of God; justice of heaven; nemesis
• suitable punishment; just deserts; come-uppance

noun:

• musical (dramatic) piece in several acts; type of koto solo; lively type of shamisen song

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

• intangible; incorporeal
• by force; outrageous; cruel; unreasonable ➜ 無理
• making light of; making fun of

noun / ~する noun:

• compounding of medicine; dispensing (medicine)
• dispensation (e.g. of heaven); providence; combining; arranging; putting together

noun:

• Imjin War (1592-1597); Hideyoshi's invasions of Korea; battle(s) of Bunroku and Keicho

noun:

• three-times-three exchange of nuptial cups ➜ 三三九度
• sake (secret language of court ladies); rice wine ➜ 女房詞

noun:

• summary site; aggregator; type of site which features summaries of online discussion threads and blogs ➜ まとめる

noun:

• lunchmate syndrome; mental state of being afraid of being seen eating by oneself

noun:

• blank form
• sheets of paper; sheet of paper

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• early dawn; grey of morning; gray of morning

noun:

• operation plan; scheme of operations; plan of campaign