noun:

• friends who pretend to be lovers; pretend lovers - abbreviation ➜ カモフラージュフレンド

noun:

• the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow - Astronomy term ➜ 北斗七星
• family crest representing the seven luminaries (with one central circle surrounded by six other circles) ➜ 七曜
• Japanese pilchard (Sardinops melanostictus); Japanese sardine ➜ 真鰯

adverb:

• after a long time; for the first time in a while

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to stab; to thrust (into)
• to plant (in the ground); to stick upright

noun:

• mountain in early spring; mountain that has the appearance of spring

noun:

• Sanno Shinto (branch of Shinto formed in the Tendai school of Buddhism)

noun:

• Rigel (star in the constellation Orion); Beta Orionis; Beta Ori; Genji star [literal] - Astronomy term ➜ リゲル

noun:

• Betelgeuse (star in the constellation Orion); Alpha Orionis; Alpha Ori; Heike star [literal] - Astronomy term ➜ ベテルギウス

expression / ichidan verb:

• to sum it up in one word; ... is the word for it - often Ｘの一言に尽きる

noun:

• Heian period (794-1185) ➜ 平安時代【へいあんじだい】
• imperial court in the Heian period

noun / ~する noun:

• long bath; staying in the bath for a long time ➜ 長湯

noun:

• public affairs; the court; the shogun; the shogunate

noun:

• the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow - Astronomy term ➜ 北斗星

noun:

• the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow - Astronomy term ➜ 北斗七星

noun:

• the head; the foremost; beginning; the very front

noun:

• the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow - abbreviation - Astronomy term ➜ 北斗七星

noun:

• the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow - archaism - Astronomy term ➜ 北斗七星

expression / adverb:

• in short; in a nutshell; in a word; to cut a long story short

expression:

• the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence - proverb ➜ 隣の芝生は青い

noun:

• Kagutsuchi; fire deity who burned to death his mother Izanami during childbirth (and was therefore beheaded by his father Izanagi) ➜ 伊弉冉尊・伊弉諾尊・軻遇突智・火結神・火之夜芸速男神

noun:

• Kagutsuchi; fire deity who burned to death his mother Izanami during childbirth (and was therefore beheaded by his father Izanagi) ➜ 迦具土神

noun:

• Kagutsuchi; fire deity who burned to death his mother Izanami during childbirth (and was therefore beheaded by his father Izanagi) ➜ 迦具土神

godan ~む verb:

• to hold fast deep in (one's mouth or other orifice, often used in a sexual context)
• to bring in a man for sex

noun / ~する noun:

• crowning a boy with a traditional cap for the first time at a coming-of-age ceremony - archaism ➜ 元服【げんぶく】・初冠【ういこうぶり】

noun:

• person in charge of crowning the boy at a coming-of-age ceremony - archaism

adjectival noun / ~の noun / noun:

• worst Antonym: 最良

adjectival noun / interjection:

• horrible; horrid; awful; terrible - colloquialism

adverb:

• in the worst case; if worst comes to worst - colloquialism