noun:

• Hydrangea macrophylla var. thunbergii (variety of bigleaf hydrangea)
• sweet hydrangea leaf; hydrangea tea

noun:

• feeling or atmosphere or mood of a painting; the mood to paint

noun:

• being of one mind; acting in one accord; behaving in perfect harmony - four character idiom

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to admire a person's courage; to approve of someone's ambition

adverb / ~の noun:

• behind closed doors; behind-the-scenes; (under the veil of) secrecy

noun / ~する noun:

• spoiler; revealing important plot points of a story; spoiling a story - colloquialism ➜ ねた・ばれる

noun:

• the Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism; the Nine Chinese Classics - four character idiom

noun:

• love of fine clothing; weakness for fine clothes; being extravagant in clothing - four character idiom

expression:

• The consensus of opinion is that ...; It is widely agreed (admitted) that ... - four character idiom

noun:

• great strength and energy (of a mighty hero); Herculean strength and vitality - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• precocity (esp. of a young girl); acting grown up ［おしゃま］

noun:

• precocious young girl

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to take a lot of dealing with; to be a handful - idiom

noun:

• acquisition or forfeiture; acquisition (question of whether or not something is acquired) - from 取得 and 喪失

noun:

• state sponsor of terrorism; state that sponsors or supports terrorism

noun / ~の noun:

• upper class; upper echelons of society; the rich and powerful; the elite

noun:

• holding one's chopsticks in one's mouth (a breach of etiquette)

noun:

• ground squirrel (esp. a ground squirrel of North America or Africa)

noun:

• silverthorn (species of oleaster, Elaeagnus pungens); thorny elaeagnus; thorny olive

noun:

• Azuchi period (first half of the Azuchi-Momoyama period, 1568-1582 CE) ➜ 安土桃山時代

noun:

• place where one works; team to which one belongs; place of employment

noun:

• beach flea (any amphipod of family Talitridae); sand flea; sand hopper

noun:

• real name (of a deceased person or a noble)
• posthumous name ［いみな］ ➜ 贈り名

expression:

• era in which university places outnumber university applicants; era of declining enrollment

~する verb (spec.):

• to judge (on the basis of)
• to control; to discipline (oneself); to regulate

noun:

• benefit and protection of the law; interests protected by law; legal benefit