noun:

• Atypus karschi (Asian species of mygalomorph spider) ［土蜘蛛］ ➜ 地蜘蛛
• tsuchigumo (people of ancient Japan who were not subjects of the Yamato court)

noun:

• flower; blossom; bloom; petal
• cherry blossom
• beauty
• blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms)
• ikebana ➜ 生け花
• hanafuda - abbreviation ➜ 花札
• (the) best - usu. as 〜が花 ➜ 言わぬが花

~の noun:

• glorious; lovely

noun:

• yokozuna (highest rank in sumo); grand champion - Sumo term
• best in its field; crème de la crème; cream of the crop

noun:

• third month of the lunar calendar - obsolete term
• thick growth (of grass, etc.) ［いやおい］ - archaism
• Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE - 300 CE)

noun / ~の noun:

• inner thoughts; real intention; inmost heart; one's mind

adverbial noun:

• at heart; deep down; on the inside

noun:

• inner center (centre) - Mathematics term ➜ 外心【がいしん】

noun / adjectival noun:

• self-willed; (doing or saying things) to suit one's own convenience; oblivious to the convenience of others

noun:

• boss; leader; head
• difficult enemy in a video game, usu. found at the end of a level or game

noun:

• Latin (language) - abbreviation ➜ ラテン語【ラテンご】

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• Latin-American; Latin; Latino - abbreviation ➜ ラテン音楽【ラテンおんがく】・ラテンアメリカ
• Latin; Roman; relating to the literature, culture, etc. of ancient Rome ➜ ラテン文学

noun:

• main street (esp. in a capital); main thoroughfare ➜ 小路【こうじ】
• most important of the three classes of highway (ritsuryo period) ［たいろ］ - archaism

noun:

• guardrail; handrail; bannister; balustrade; parapet
• (a person) shining like the stars or moon; (a person) crying endlessly ［欄干・闌干］ - archaism

expression / noun:

• perverseness; obstinacy; something unreasonable (like pushing a cart from the side (instead of from behind)) ➜ 横車を押す

noun:

• side wheel throw (judo)

noun / ~する noun:

• scattering (e.g. dust in the wind, enemies before an assault); dispersal; flying off (in all directions); flying apart

noun:

• Japanese white pine (Pinus parviflora)
• small pine (esp. one pulled from the ground during "ne-no-hi-no-asobi") ➜ 子の日の松

noun:

• keeping a domestic animal beyond its useful life
• keeping a person on the payroll without utilizing their skills

noun:

• beating of a drum as a signal to announce the opening (beginning) of an event (theatrical performance, festival, etc.)

noun:

• deathbed adoption of a successor (to prevent extinction of the family line); person adopted by someone on his deathbed - four character idiom

noun:

• passing university entrance exams in the last year of high school (instead of failing then taking gap year(s))

noun:

• placing salt by the entrance to one's establishment to bring good luck; such piles of salt

expression / adjective:

• having a strong alkaline taste; harsh to the taste ➜ あくの強い
• excessively strong-willed; fiercely individualistic; strongly idiosyncratic ➜ あくの強い【あくのつよい】

noun:

• place where hair is gathered together atop the head; hair tied (or pinned) together in this position - archaism

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to win the favour of (favor); to be acknowledged (e.g. by a superior); to measure up to

expression:

• a journey of a thousand miles feels like only one mile (when going to see the one you love) - proverb

expression:

• a single instance indicates what happens all the time; one case gives you an idea of what always happens

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to blunder; to bungle; to fail - archaism
• to use up all one's money (esp. on the services of prostitutes) - archaism

noun / ~の noun:

• killing one's catch on the spot (e.g. a bird)
• killing a fish immediately to preserve its freshness