expression:

• first "horse day" in any lunar month, but esp. the second lunar month; traditional day for worship at "fox deity" shrines

noun:

• sitting posture with the legs bent back on each side; Japanese traditional informal female sitting posture; w-sitting; reverse tailor style sitting

noun / ~する noun:

• bursting through the surface; suddenly surfacing; rapid ascent
• sudden increase (e.g. in public interest)
• fast rise (e.g. in rank)

noun:

• nuclear power village; tight-knit community of legislators, regulators and manufacturers involved in the promotion of nuclear power - derogatory term

noun:

• 15th day of the 1st, 7th and 10th lunar months ➜ 上元・中元・下元
• heaven, earth and man
• 1st January; New Year's Day

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• ternary - Chemistry term

noun / ~する noun:

• opening a new shop
• opening a shop (for the day)

noun:

• righteousness; path of righteousness; path of duty; the right track

expression / adverb:

• by day and night; day and night; round the clock

noun:

• liatris (esp. the dense blazing star, Liatris spicata); blazing star - From Latin

adverb:

• going home from work; on the way home from work

noun:

• area between the regular outfield wall and a lower home-run fence set up at a shorter distance from home plate - Baseball term - From English "lucky zone"

noun:

• embossing a pattern; repoussé; hammering
• drum signaling the end of a performance ➜ 打ち出し太鼓
• serve (e.g. in tennis); drive (in golf)
• printout; printing out ➜ 打ち出す【うちだす】

noun:

• ash glaze (type of fundamental glaze used in ancient times made from the ashes of raw materials such as unhulled rice, straw, oak and pine)

noun:

• women working in military brothels (esp. those forced into prostitution as a form of sexual slavery by the Japanese military during WWII); (campaign) comfort women [literal] - euphemism

expression:

• if two ride upon a horse, one must sit behind; when Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of war; two great rivals cannot coexist - proverb

noun:

• sandy beach; sandbar that projects into the ocean, particularly in a wavy form
• designs and objects with a wavy pattern
• sweet mochi cake ➜ 素甘【すあま】

expression:

• better than a poke in the eye; better than none at all; better than nothing - idiom

noun:

• fur seal (esp. the northern fur seal, Callorhinus ursinus); Alaskan fur seal - From Ainu ➜ オットセイ

noun:

• fur seal (esp. the northern fur seal, Callorhinus ursinus); Alaskan fur seal - obscure term - abbreviation ➜ 膃肭臍

noun / ~する noun:

• entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)

noun:

• weapon; arms; ordnance
• weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset

adjective:

• fast; quick; prompt; nimble; agile
• quick (to understand); sharp (judgement)

noun / ~の noun:

• pet name; nickname; name used to indicate affection, intimacy, informality, etc.

noun:

• rising from a crouch to charge; initial charge; face-off - sometimes written 立ち会い - Sumo term ➜ 立ち会い

noun / ~する noun:

• greening (i.e. planting to increase greenery); tree planting; afforestation