noun:

• the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow - Astronomy term ➜ 北斗七星
• family crest representing the seven luminaries (with one central circle surrounded by six other circles) ➜ 七曜
• Japanese pilchard (Sardinops melanostictus); Japanese sardine ➜ 真鰯

noun:

• public affairs; the court; the shogun; the shogunate

noun:

• the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow - Astronomy term ➜ 北斗星

noun:

• the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow - Astronomy term ➜ 北斗七星

noun:

• the head; the foremost; beginning; the very front

noun:

• the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow - abbreviation - Astronomy term ➜ 北斗七星

noun:

• the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow - archaism - Astronomy term ➜ 北斗七星

noun:

• kanji in which one element suggests the meaning, the other the pronunciation

expression:

• as usual; as is one's habit

expression:

• what is worse; to make matters worse

expression / adverb:

• that is to say; so that means

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to leave as is; to ignore

expression:

• no news is good news - proverb

noun:

• no-manjū; Okinawan sweet manjū with hiragana "no" written on it

adverb:

• unlike a woman; unwomanly; woman that she is

expression:

• and what is worse; to make matters worse

expression:

• to refuse stubbornly to admit one is wrong - idiom - obscure term

expression / noun:

• entire family is affected (disease, etc.); whole family

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to break up (e.g. a meeting); to call it a night

expression:

• find it against one's conscience (to do); too proud (to do) ➜ 潔しとしない

expression:

• while looking on in blank amazement; while gazing at it in shock ➜ あれよあれよ

expression:

• while looking on in blank amazement; while gazing at it in shock ➜ あれよあれよ

conjunction:

• if so; if it be so; in that case; then ➜ 然らば【さらば】

expression:

• it's been a long time; long time no see - abbreviation - slang ➜ 久しぶり

expression:

• God only knows; it's anyone's call; heaven knows - proverb