noun:

• spring dust [literal]; frost and snow that's blown like dust in the air by the spring wind

noun:

• dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing - Buddhism term

noun:

• loach stew; loaches boiled in soy sauce with stewed eggs and slivered burdock root - Food term ➜ 泥鰌

noun / ~する noun:

• oral translation; reading and translating

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to be in a miserable state; to be down and out

noun:

• center of a flower (centre); pistils and stamens ➜ 花蕊

noun:

• bicolor goatfish (Parupeneus barberinoides); half-and-half goatfish

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to be generally accepted; to be acknowledged by oneself and others ➜ 自他共に認める

noun:

• strange-looking creatures; spirits and goblins - four character idiom

noun:

• andouillette; French sausage filled with pork and tripe - From French

noun:

• Four Pillar astrology; originally Chinese method of fortune-telling based on the time, date, month and year of a person's birth - four character idiom

noun:

• Shinsengumi; shogunate police and military force located in Kyoto and dedicated to suppressing anti-shogunate activities (Edo period)

noun:

• imperial portrait; photograph of the incumbent Emperor and Empress distributed to schools between 1890 and the end of the Second World War
• portrait or photo of a person of high rank - honorific language

noun:

• university of technology; science and technology college

noun:

• starting with vigor but ending with no action; raising one's voice (in a call to action) and then failing to take action

noun:

• dragon's blood palm (Daemonorops draco); bright red resin used in medicine, dyes, etc. ➜ 竜血樹

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to have no time to lose; to fight with every minute and every second - idiom

noun:

• dogcatcher; person who used to catch dogs and execute them for rabies prevention - slang

noun:

• movements; sitting and standing

noun:

• chief puppeteer (bunraku); manipulates the head and right arm ➜ 三人遣い

adverb / ~する noun:

• cool sensation from passing air; cool and refreshing (aftertaste) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• sound of air leaking; sound of a sleeper's breath

noun:

• dried sweet potato; satsuma sweet potato steamed, sliced and dried

noun:

• redology; study of the novel Dream of the Red Chamber by Cao Xueqin, one of China's four great classical novels

noun:

• gradualism; slow-and-steady policy - four character idiom

noun:

• trimix; diver's gas mix of helium, oxygen, and nitrogen