noun:

• the 72 'climates' of the year based on the 24 solar seasons further divided into three ➜ 節気・候【こう】

noun:

• Sannou Ichijitsu Shinto (alt. name for Hie Shinto: a form of Shinto heavily influenced by Tendai) ➜ 日吉神道

expression:

• the sand on the beach may disappear, but the makings of thieves never shall (Ishikawa Goemon)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to get (e.g. the gist of something); to understand
• to turn out as one thought ➜ 我が意を得たり

noun:

• language used by the harlots of the Yoshiwara red light district during the Edo period ➜ ありんすことば

noun:

• Lamnidae; family of large, fast-swimming sharks known as mackerel sharks or white sharks

noun:

• quince monitor (Varanus melinus, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to Indonesia); yellow-head monitor ➜ イエローヘッドモニター

noun:

• Timor monitor (Varanus timorensis, species of small carnivorous monitor lizard native to Indonesia); spotted tree monitor

noun:

• sweeping the soot from one's house (to welcome the kami of the New Year) ➜ 神【かみ】・すす払い

noun:

• heuriger; type of Austrian wine tavern where wine-growers serve the most recent year's wine

expression / godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to combine parts of two different things into a new thing; to compromise; to balance out

noun:

• cavolo nero (cultivar of Brassica oleracea acephala); lacinato kale; Tuscan kale; black kale

adverb:

• before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares

noun / ~する noun:

• abstention (from voting); renunciation (of a right); withdrawal (from a contest)

noun:

• driver (of a vehicle)
• screwdriver - abbreviation ➜ スクリュードライバー
• driver (golf)
• driver; device driver - IT term

~する noun / adverb / ~と adverb:

• to pamper; to make a fuss of; to spoil; to fawn over - onomatopoeia

noun:

• western part; the west (of a region)
• the West (United States)

noun:

• soil
• breeding ground; fertile ground (for); foundation (for the development of ...)

noun:

• emergency rice feeding; distribution of rice after an emergency

noun:

• pet saying; favorite phrase (favorite); stock phrase
• manner of talking

noun / ~する noun:

• kun reading; kun'yomi; native Japanese reading of a Chinese character ➜ 音読み

noun:

• touchstone; Lydian stone
• touchstone (e.g. of success); test; litmus test

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to ascertain; to confirm; to verify; to make sure of ➜ 聞きただす【ききただす】

particle:

• that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...

noun:

• Soviet Union; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; USSR - abbreviation ➜ ソビエト連邦【ソビエトれんぽう】