noun:

• Struthioniformes; order comprising the ratites (sometimes spec. only the ostriches)

noun:

• flag used at funerals showing the name and rank of the deceased

noun:

• backside part of the shamisen's neck where it meets the body

noun:

• high-quality buckwheat flour (made only using the center of the grain)

noun:

• forced labor imposed by the government (e.g. under the ritsuryo system)

noun:

• plan for the invasion of the Soviet Far East in July 1941 - abbreviation

noun:

• lapis lazuli
• lapis lazuli (color) - abbreviation ➜ 瑠璃色
• beryl - abbreviation ➜ 吠瑠璃
• mall blue passerine bird (esp. the blue-and-white flycatcher and the Siberian blue robin, but also the red-flanked bluetail) - abbreviation ➜ 小瑠璃・大瑠璃・瑠璃鶲
• glass - obscure term

noun:

• water monitor (Varanus salvator, species of carnivorous monitor lizard common from Sri Lanka in the west to the Philippines in the east); common water monitor

noun:

• man who takes his wife's family name and marries into her family; man who is adopted by his wife's family

noun / ~する noun:

• being in someone's service for the first time; participating for the first time
• visiting a shrine (or temple) for the first time

noun / suffix noun:

• taking; taker; collecting; collector; remover; removal

noun:

• last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day
• active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration)

prefix:

• emphatic or formal prefix - before a verb

adverb / ~と adverb:

• snugly (into hole, container, etc.); tightly (fitting, covering); firmly - onomatopoeia ➜ すぽっと

adverb:

• (with a) pop (i.e. sound of a cork, etc. being pulled out of a hole in one movement); with a plop; (fall) straight - onomatopoeia ➜ すぽっと

noun:

• loading a horse with passengers or baggage
• driving a horse into a pen
• Hexacentrus japonicus (species of katydid); Hexacentrus unicolor (species of katydid) - abbreviation ➜ 馬追虫

expression / noun:

• changing seasons; season's transition; transition from one season to the next; turn of the seasons; turning of the seasons ➜ 移り変わり【うつりかわり】

noun:

• king of the hill; king of the castle; king of the mountain

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to set off to advantage; to bring into prominence; to enhance
• to support; to favor; to favour; to promote; to patronize
• to rouse (spirits)
• to march (a prisoner) off; to haul somebody off
• to slide (a door) shut

noun:

• outline of the sun (esp. represented as a red circle)
• the Japanese flag - abbreviation ➜ 日の丸の旗

noun:

• eighth sign of the Chinese zodiac (The Ram, 1pm-3pm, south-southwest, June)

noun:

• fourth sign of the Chinese zodiac (The Hare, 5am-7am, east, February)

noun:

• fifth sign of the Chinese zodiac (The Dragon, 7am-9am, east-southeast, March)

noun:

• third sign of the Chinese zodiac (The Tiger, 3am-5am, east-northeast, January)

noun:

• second sign of the Chinese zodiac (The Ox, 1am-3am, north-northeast, December)

adverb:

• incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion

noun:

• sixth sign of the Chinese zodiac (The Serpent, 9am-11am, south-southeast, April)

noun:

• Milky Way; luminous band corresponding to the plane of the galaxy - Astronomy term