noun:

• marks or dots used to emphasize text passage (emphasise)
• marks to facilitate reading of kanbun

noun:

• the way something ought to be
• the (current) state of things; how things are

noun:

• fruit fly (any insect of family Drosophilidae); vinegar fly; pomace fly; banana fly ➜ 実蠅

noun / ~する noun:

• wind blowing snow down a mountain
• removing snow from the roof of a house

noun:

• yell made by archers when firing a volley of arrows; yell which opens a battle

noun:

• stormy weather (at sea) Antonym: 凪
• poor catch of fish (due to stormy seas)
• poor turn-out; recession

expression / ichidan verb:

• to settle (a matter) for the time being; to complete the first stage (of something)

expression:

• after the decimal point; below the decimal

expression / ~の noun:

• of no account; beneath one's notice

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to exude (e.g. sweat); to ooze; to seep out ➜ 染み出る
• to reveal itself (of emotions, etc.)

noun:

• small country with a small population (The Chinese philosopher Lao-tze's ideal of a state) - four character idiom

noun:

• the privy purse; the money used for private purposes by the members of the Imperial family

expression:

• the world is a scene of constant changes; the blue sea turns into a mulberry field [literal] - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• change again and again; seesaw back and forth; being in a state of flux; backtracking repeatedly - four character idiom

noun:

• administration established through an unprincipled political coalition; government of convenience; cabinet created through an unholy alliance - four character idiom

noun:

• Kannō era (of the Northern Court) (1350.2.27-1352.9.27); Kan'ō era

noun:

• Red Crystal (politically and religiously neutral emblem used by the International Committee of the Red Cross)

noun:

• Red Crystal (politically and religiously neutral emblem used by the International Committee of the Red Cross) ➜ 赤菱

expression:

• Don't be absurd; That's out of the question; Nonsense; Don't mention it

noun:

• immunity from arrest (i.e. of Diet members or foreign diplomats); diplomatic immunity; parliamentary immunity; legislative immunity

noun / ~する noun:

• establishing (a new family register); compiling (an electoral register, a list of school-age children, etc.)

noun:

• kanji used to represent syllables, based on their "on" readings (prior to the advent of kana) ➜ 訓仮名【くんがな】・万葉仮名【まんようがな】

noun:

• formal folding fan made of hinoki cypress
• blackberry lily (Belamcanda Chinensis); leopard lily; leopard flower

noun:

• "day of the ghost" (an extremely auspicious day on the lunar calendar for everything but weddings) ➜ 暦注

noun:

• demi-glace (type of brown sauce)

noun:

• skua (any bird of family Stercorariidae, incl. the jaegers)
• pomarine jaeger (Stercorarius pomarinus); pomarine skua