noun:

• end of winter - archaism - obscure term

noun:

• collapse of the housing bubble

noun:

• sensibilities (feelings, way of thinking) of the common people; popular sentiment - four character idiom

noun:

• scum of the earth; monster; fiend

noun:

• elixir of life (prepared from cinnabar in ancient China)

noun:

• shower of dharma; Buddhism flowing forth

noun:

• growing tired of the social network mixi - colloquialism

expression:

• Good and evil are but two faces of the same coin - four character idiom - Buddhism term

noun:

• penis-shaped device, traditionally made of horn, shell or papier mache; dildo

noun:

• division of the Buddha's 50-year teachings into five time periods and eight categories (theory of the Tendai sect) - Buddhism term ➜ 五時教

noun:

• feeling of antipathy (rivalry); antagonistic sentiment - four character idiom

noun:

• right of way

noun:

• woman of perennial youth

noun:

• member states of the former Soviet bloc

noun:

• trial version of software; "trialware" - IT term

noun:

• dash at the beginning of a short-distance race - From English "start dash"
• charging ahead at full strength from the beginning

noun:

• steamed rice as an offering to a god - honorific language - obscure term - Shintō term

expression:

• cause of headaches; pain in the neck

noun:

• steeper of two hills

adjective:

• seeming like an excuse; seeming like a justification; defensive; in an apologetic tone

noun:

• first ears of rice of the season; first crops of the season; first harvest of the season
• offering (to the gods)

noun / ~する noun:

• coming out of retirement

noun:

• (beautiful) scenery of a garden; gardenscape

noun:

• corridor connecting an annex to a pond-side building (in traditional palatial-style architecture) ➜ 中門・寝殿造り

noun:

• thin, dried strips of daikon soaked in vinegar and other flavorings