noun:

• blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology)
• Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens) ➜ 四神

noun:

• Artemisia (genus of a between 200 to 400 species of plants in the daisy family Asteraceae) ➜ 蓬・アルテミシア属

noun:

• set of problems (e.g. in a textbook) in which previously learned skills are applied to real world situations; practical assessment

noun:

• clothing to absorb dampness after bathing; yukata
• twice-boiled rice (for sick persons) - abbreviation ➜ 湯取り飯【ゆとりめし】
• scoop for removing bilge water; bailer - archaism

noun:

• Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus niloticus) (larger member of the family Cichlidae, important to aquaculture since ancient Egypt)

noun:

• game in which people sit in a circle taking turns to imitate the previous person's humorous facial expression or gesture

noun:

• official notice
• Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace ［お触れ・御触れ］ - abbreviation ➜ お触書

noun:

• publicly predicting the future developments of a creative work (making it difficult for the creator to use those ideas) - slang ➜ ねた

noun / ~する noun:

• unwinding of funds transfer obligations; requesting a bank to return money that was transferred (e.g in error or in excess)

expression:

• even the strong-willed fall into temptation - proverb
• there's nothing you can't do if you set your mind to it - proverb

noun:

• rainy season (in Japan from early June to mid-July)
• rain during the rainy season

noun / ~する noun:

• opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open
• opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access

noun / ~の noun:

• ill will; spite; evil intention; malice
• bad meaning

noun:

• mala fides; bad faith; criminal intent to deceive - Law term ➜ 善意
• malice - Law term

expression:

• at every opportunity; whenever possible; whenever the occasion arises; from time to time; occasionally

noun:

• second in command
• fourth athlete to compete in a 5-on-5 team competition (kendo, judo, etc.) ➜ 先鋒【せんぽう】

noun:

• shintai; object of worship believed to contain the spirit of a deity, typically housed in a shrine

noun:

• change of attitude (stance, position)
• lightness of foot; ability to dodge out of the way of an attack - Sumo term

noun:

• before-sale service; advice to potential customer - From English "before service"

noun:

• one's time (e.g. to go on stage); one's turn
• source; origin; place of production

noun:

• scarcity of eligible women; difficulty for a man to find a woman; woman shortage ➜ 男旱【おとこひでり】

noun:

• ceremonial piles of sand (placed on both sides of an entrance to greet an important personage)

noun:

• foreign merchant; foreign businessman; foreign company; foreign firm
• out-of-store sales; calling on customers to take orders

expression:

• those who meet must part (suggesting the transient nature of this life); we meet only to part - four character idiom

noun:

• giving an amorous sidelong look; casting an amorous glance (at); playing up to someone behind the scenes - four character idiom

noun:

• Buddhist services in memory of those drowned in a river; offering to suffering spirits at the river - four character idiom