noun:

• hired foreigner; foreign advisor hired by the Japanese government for their specialized knowledge to assist in the modernization of Japan at the end of the Bakufu and during the Meiji Era

~と adverb / adverb:

• ding (of a bell); bing; ting; tinkle; ring - esp. チーン, ちーん - onomatopoeia
• honk (i.e. sound of blowing one's nose); snort - onomatopoeia

noun / ~する noun:

• heating in a microwave; cooking in a microwave; microwaving; nuking - from the sound of the microwave timer; usu. チン - colloquialism ➜ チンする

noun:

• moon (esp. full moon)
• circle fashioned after the moon
• decorative ring on the chest of a monk's stole ➜ 袈裟
• straw trivet
• white crescent-shaped chest patch of an Asiatic black bear ➜ 月の輪熊

noun:

• first day of cherry blossoms reaching full bloom; first day in which at least 80% of the somei yoshino cherry blossom has opened (in a specific region or place)

noun:

• constellation - Astronomy term
• mansion (any of the Chinese constellations used to divide the ecliptic into 28 positions) - archaism - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿
• Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - Astronomy term ➜ 星【せい】

noun:

• Themeda triandra var. japonica (variety of kangaroo grass) ➜ 雌刈萱
• Cymbopogon tortilis var. goeringii (variety of grass closely related to lemongrass) ➜ 雄刈萱
• thatching grass; thatching sedge

expression / noun:

• closure (of a road); suspension of traffic

expression:

• Road closed (on a sign); Closed to traffic; No through road

noun / ~する noun:

• removal (e.g. of a building); dismantling (e.g. a tent); striking (e.g. a stage set)
• withdrawal (of troops); evacuation; retreating

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to hear; to catch (the sound of something)
• to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to learn of (something)
• to get used to hearing

noun:

• small tatami room
• extension of the main room of a home (in traditional palatial-style architecture) ➜ 放ち出
• room smaller than four and a half tatami (in tea ceremony)

noun:

• Hundred Schools of Thought; general term for the large number of scholars and controversialists, and their respective schools, that flourished during China's Spring and Autumn period and Warring States period - four character idiom

noun:

• Buddhist revelation through intuitive discernment; Spiritual awakening cannot be experienced with words and letters; Spiritual enlightenment can be attained only by means of communion of mind with mind (Zen Buddhism) - four character idiom ➜ 不立文字

~と adverb / adverb / ~する noun:

• lightly rolling (of a small and round thing) - onomatopoeia
• pleasant, high-pitched sound (e.g. bell, young woman's laughter) - onomatopoeia
• changing frequently (e.g. conversation, plans); (occurring) in rapid succession (e.g. sumo wrestlers being defeated); fickly; in a fickle manner - onomatopoeia
• roly-poly - onomatopoeia

~と adverb / adverb:

• chirp chirp; sound of insects - onomatopoeia
• ribbit ribbit; croak croak; sound of frogs - onomatopoeia ➜ ケロケロ

noun:

• roller; lint roller; paint roller ［ころころ・コロコロ］ - onomatopoeia

noun:

• prefecture-by-prefecture map; atlas of Japan divided by prefecture; map of a single prefecture

noun:

• the sum of the length, width, and height of a package; length + width + height

noun:

• political disturbance; political change; change of government; political upheaval; overthrowing of a government; coup d'état; coup; revolution

noun / ~する noun:

• holding a course (of lectures); offering a course
• beginning a series of one's lectures; starting a new course

noun:

• New Year's holiday; period encompassing the close of the old year and the start of the New Year - four character idiom

noun:

• flower chafer (any flower beetle of tribe Cetoniini)
• Eucetonia pilifera (flower chafer species of tribe Cetoniini)

noun:

• statue of the birth of Buddha (right hand pointing at the heavens, left hand pointing at the earth) - Buddhism term

noun:

• broom (esp. one for sweeping a silkworm-raising room on the first Day of the Rat of the New Year)
• plant used for constructing brooms (e.g. kochia) ➜ 箒草
• liquor; alcohol; sake

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to crow at the break of dawn (of a rooster, etc.); to mark the dawn; to proclaim the dawn

noun:

• main temple; main building of a shrine
• alternate name for the Shishiden; Hall for State Ceremonies ➜ 紫宸殿・内裏
• central building of a palace; State Chamber

noun:

• cutting through cloth; sound of cutting through cloth
• shrieking sound; woman's scream; loud scream
• cry of the lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus) ➜ ホトトギス

expression:

• Buddhist revelation through intuitive discernment; Spiritual awakening cannot be experienced with words and letters; Spiritual enlightenment can be attained only by means of communion of mind with mind (Zen Buddhism) - four character idiom