noun:

• red blossoms and green willows; beautiful scenery of spring; natural beauty; beauty of nature - four character idiom

noun:

• drug czar; Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy; ONDCP

noun:

• Treaty of San Francisco; Treaty of Peace with Japan (Sept. 8, 1951) ➜ 対日講和条約

noun:

• mid-boss (of a video game, etc.); underboss (of a criminal organization)

noun:

• Pugwash conferences (series of international conferences promoting the peaceful application of science)

expression / adjective:

• to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of

noun:

• alloy of gold, silver, copper, zinc, cadmium, etc., used to fuse items of gold

expression:

• in front of your nose; right next to you
• tip of one's nose

noun / ~の noun:

• director (highest of the four administrative positions of the ritsuryo system); chief - archaism ➜ 四等官

noun:

• day of the ox in midsummer (during the hottest season); dog days of summer ➜ 丑の日

noun:

• Sincerely yours (with the nuance of "please excuse the brevity of this letter")

noun / ~の noun / ~する noun:

• receiving; welcoming; going to meet - polite language ➜ 迎え

noun:

• final call; call of fate; approach of death

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to turn the rudder of a ship; to change direction (of policy, etc.)

noun:

• (ornamental) tip of a scabbard ［鐺・璫・小尻］
• bottom of a bargeboard or cantilever ［鐺・璫・木尻］

noun:

• fragmentary remains of a large set of writings; the odd volume; a few pages ➜ 端本

noun:

• eighteen centers of Buddhist learning (of the Pure Land sect in the Kanto region) ➜ 浄土宗・関東

noun:

• eighteen centers of Buddhist learning (of the Pure Land sect in the Kanto region) ➜ 浄土宗・関東

noun / ~する noun:

• closing of the fireplace in a Zen temple (first day of the 2nd month) ➜ 開炉

noun:

• small statue of Shoki the Plague-Queller (placed on the overhang of traditional houses) ➜ 鍾馗

noun:

• food of the mountains (wild game, mountain vegetables, mushrooms, etc.); fruits of the land ➜ 海幸

noun:

• chanting sutras in front of a shoryodana (of a monk during the Bon Festival) ➜ 精霊棚【しょうりょうだな】

expression / noun:

• humiliation of defeat in battle; past humiliation by others; shame of an unendurable disgrace - proverb ➜ 会稽の恥を雪ぐ【かいけいのはじをすすぐ】

noun:

• winning hand composed of two sets of two identical chows plus a pair - Mahjong term ➜ 一盃口【イーペーコー】

noun:

• written investigation; report of an investigation
• school record (on a student); transcript (of grades)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to remove; to take off; to detach; to unfasten; to undo
• to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to exclude; to expel
• to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from; to step out; to slip away
• to dodge (a question, blow, etc.); to evade; to sidestep; to avoid (e.g. peak season)
• to miss (a target, chance, punch, etc.) Antonym: 当たる