noun:

• explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger (Jan. 28, 1986); Space Shuttle Challenger disaster

noun:

• black-dyed leather
• leather dyed in deep indigo
• edible mushroom in the Thelephoraceae family

expression:

• deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind

noun / ~する noun:

• attending someone through the night (guard, nurse)
• act of a woman sleeping with a man (at his bidding)
• keeping overnight vigil over body before burial

noun:

• female student or graduate of Waseda University
• woman who allegedly pursues a career at the expense of love, feminine interests, etc. - derogatory term

expression:

• saying no is also an expression of fondness; no often means yes; the lady doth protest too much - proverb

noun:

• H; h

adjectival noun / noun:

• indecent; lewd; frisky; sexy - from 変態 - usually written using kana alone ➜ 変態【へんたい】

noun / ~する noun:

• sexual intercourse; copulation - usually written using kana alone - colloquialism

prefix:

• nth year in the Heisei era (1989.1.8-) - abbreviation ➜ 平成

noun:

• hydrogen (H) ［Ｈ］ - abbreviation

noun:

• slant eyes; almond-shaped eyes; eyes that are turned up at the corners

expression:

• parents may risk life and limb for their children (like a pheasant when the plains are burning or a crane on a cold night) - obscure term

noun:

• Konaki Jijii (a ghost in Japanese folklore with the shape of a small old man and having a baby's cry)

~の noun / adverb:

• by nature; from the very beginning; through and through; at heart
• absolutely (not); (not) at all - followed by a verb in negative form

noun:

• political operations; (Heian Period) political operations and ceremonies of the Imperial Court; (Edo Period) civil suit

noun / ~する noun:

• tub bath; bathing in the open air; bathing or cleaning oneself
• cleaning oneself for religious purification

noun:

• (Edo-period variety of) realistic literature; popular stories of everyday life in the Edo period

noun:

• interpretation of dreams; dream reading; oneirocriticism; oneiroscopy
• The Interpretation of Dreams (book by Sigmund Freud, 1900)

expression:

• A cornered rat will bite the cat; One who is cornered will fight like a devil - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• turning things around with a home run; turning the tables with a single successful attack (move) - four character idiom

noun:

• long "o" vowel arising from combination of the "o" and "u" or "e" and "u" sounds

noun:

• Ise Shinto (school of Shinto established the Watarai family priests of Ise Jingu's Outer Shrine)

noun:

• left-hand match; begins-with match; matching a sub-string with the beginning of a field - IT term ➜ 部分一致・後方一致

noun:

• modern translation; translation into modern language (of a classical text, e.g. The Tale of Genji)

noun:

• elementary school (esp. the elementary school section of a school that also encompasses other grades); primary school

expression / noun:

• seven-day workweek; working every day of the week; Mon-Mon-Tue-Wed-Thu-Fri-Fri [literal] - humorous term

noun:

• namesake program; namesake show; TV or radio program named after the main performer or a sponsor

expression:

• what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about