noun:

• (at) the beginning of the New Year; early in the New Year

noun:

• menko; children's game in which thick circular or rectangular cards are slapped down on the ground to overturn other cards - Ōsaka dialect ➜ めんこ

noun:

• placer gold; gold found in placer deposits ➜ 砂鉱

noun:

• gardening; puttering around in the garden

noun:

• height difference; difference in elevation

noun:

• directly opposite; right in front

expression:

• if you are hungry, where you eat doesn't matter; manjū in the toilet [literal] - proverb ➜ まんじゅう
• hiding something good for oneself alone - idiom

noun:

• Wu; region in China, south of the lower Yangtze
• Wu; Southern Wu; kingdom in China during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms era (902-937)
• Wu; Eastern Wu; Sun Wu; kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms era (222-280) ➜ 三国【さんごく】
• Wu; kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn era (11th c. - 473 BCE)

noun:

• 1927 Theses; Comintern policy documents regarding capitalism, imperialism, and a possible revolution in Japan

noun / ~する noun:

• abbreviation; simplified form of a character; cutting out some strokes in a character; omitting some passages

noun:

• placer; minerals found in placer deposits - Geology term

noun:

• lophotrochozoan; any species in the superphylum Lophotrochozoa

noun:

• summer greeting card; inquiry after someone's health in the hot season ➜ 暑中見舞

noun:

• full of vigor and vitality (like the rising sun) (vigour); being in the ascendant - four character idiom

noun:

• Yue; kingdom in ancient China (6th c. - 334 BCE)

noun:

• obstructing the discharge of official duties; hindering a government official in the execution of his duties

noun:

• being somewhat (half) joking; half seriously; half in jest; in a jocular vein - four character idiom

noun:

• expansion of one's sphere of influence; increase in one's power (strength, influence) - four character idiom

noun:

• DIP switch; Dual In-line Package switch - IT term

noun:

• bloomers; 'safe' pants worn over normal underwear in sports - From English "under skirt"

noun:

• the dead of night; praying all night in a shrine or temple

noun:

• guild; trade association

expression:

• the world is at peace; bows in bags and swords in sheaths [literal] - proverb

godan ~す verb / ~す verb (precursor to modern する):

• to come to (in the end); to end in ➜ 帰する
• to attribute; to blame

expression / ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• (a woman) to lose her roughness and become urbane and good-looking; to become experienced in worldly affairs