noun:

• the beginning of spring

noun:

• government rules on structure, staffing, etc. of local bodies (e.g. police force)

noun:

• amount on hand

noun:

• the carnival

noun:

• safety device for the aged that calls for help if not activated periodically - From English "silver online"

expression / godan ~ぐ verb:

• to protect against the elements; to shelter oneself from the weather

noun:

• wild geese returning north in the spring

noun:

• arranging beforehand to tell the same story; getting the stories straight; coordinating one's stories ➜ 口裏を合わせる

expression / ichidan verb:

• to help a long-term employee to establish a branch of the same shop

noun:

• the last

noun:

• banquet on the occasion of the first ceremonial offering of rice by the newly-enthroned emperor ➜ 大嘗祭

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to break on the shore and retreat (of a wave)

noun:

• outcasts common around the Kyoto region from the Kamakura period to the Edo period

noun / ~する noun:

• losing weight over the summer

noun:

• scoring position, with runners on second and-or third base - Baseball term

noun:

• type of fast military boat used from the Warring states period until the Edo period - archaism

noun:

• signs of the enemy

noun:

• party to celebrate the successful completion of a project (job, concert, play, etc.); celebration party ➜ 打ち上げ会

noun:

• striking with the back of the sword

~の noun:

• on ice

noun:

• (in Japanese history) crude warrior from the eastern parts of the country; wild man

noun:

• the same school

noun:

• Edo period hair style with inflated hair at the sides; lantern sideburns [literal]

expression / ichidan verb:

• to put on record

noun:

• imperial palace temporarily built outside of the great imperial palace (Heian period) ➜ 内裏