noun:

• grape hyacinth (esp. the starch grape hyacinth, Muscari neglectum) - From Latin "muscari"

noun:

• study of calculation (ritsuryo period); the way of calculation

noun:

• fur seal (esp. the northern fur seal, Callorhinus ursinus) - From Ainu

noun:

• stock speculation; speculation in stocks; playing the stock market

noun:

• opposite lane; oncoming lane; opposite side of the road ➜ 対向車線【たいこうしゃせん】

expression / noun:

• restructuring of the financial industry; reorganization of financial systems

noun:

• problems of the elderly
• problems of an aging society

noun / ~する noun:

• coming to stay over; coming to spend the night

expression / ichidan verb:

• to distinguish between; to tell the difference between

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make a phone call; to answer the phone ➜ 電話に出る【でんわにでる】

noun / ~の noun / adverb:

• on the way home from work; returning from work

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to wave; to shake; to swing
• to sprinkle; to throw (dice)
• to cast (actor); to allocate (work)
• to turn down (somebody); to reject; to jilt; to dump
• to abandon; to give up; to ruin
• to add kana indicating a reading of a word ➜ 振り仮名
• to slightly change headings; to change directions
• to extract by broiling; to prepare an infusion of; to decoct
• to carry with great vigor (e.g. a portable shrine)
• to bring up a topic; to lead to a topic
• to replace; to substitute
• to set up a joke for somebody else

noun / ~する noun:

• commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory

noun:

• (being) within range (radio, commuting, etc.); (being) within the sphere (e.g. of influence) ➜ 圏外

noun / ~の noun:

• war renunciation; anti-war
• bout cancelled due to absence of one of the wrestlers - Sumo term

noun:

• JP Bank (former Postal Savings Bank, created when the Postal Services were privatized)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to level (earth); to cut through (a mountain)
• to split (the opposition); to break (strike)

noun:

• cherry tree in leaf; cherry tree whose blossoms have fallen, revealing the young leaves

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to go on tour; to be on the road (e.g. theatre troupe) (theater)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to take a long hard look at; to look (someone) full in the face

noun:

• populism (politics) - usu. ポピュリズム ➜ 人民主義
• populism; literary movement in France that emerged in the 1930s ［ポピュリスム］ - From French "populisme"

noun:

• Kangxi dictionary; Chinese dictionary of 1716, which popularized the system of 214 radicals

noun:

• tutor to a daimyo, etc.
• tutor to the emperor or crown prince (Meiji period)

expression:

• capitalizing on the fame of a parent; riding a parent's coat-tails

noun:

• not watching where one is driving; not keeping one's eyes on the road