noun:

• first day of spring (according to the traditional lunisolar calendar, approx. Feb. 4) ➜ 二十四節気

noun:

• leftover food (esp. on one's plate at the end of a meal)

noun:

• type of dyeing method or pattern; silk printed by the Yuzen process

noun:

• sacred tree
• support pillars of the traditional fire festival bonfires ［しんぼく］

expression:

• at the time of (ind. opportunity or situation where something should be done)

noun:

• Giardia lamblia; protozoan parasite of the small intestine that causes giardiasis ➜ ランブル鞭毛虫症

noun:

• Zen question for meditation (e.g. the sound of one hand clapping); koan

noun:

• "goggle-eyed" clay figure; variety of humanoid figurine from the late Jōmon period

noun / ~する noun:

• spinning of cocoons; silkworm's last sleep; transformation to the pupa stage

noun:

• orpine (any plant of family Crassulaceae, esp. the garden stonecrop, Hylotelephium erythrostictum)

noun:

• observer; spectator (e.g. in court); (member of the) public; visitor; audience; gallery

noun:

• pit of the stomach; solar plexus
• place where water falls ［水落・水落ち］

adverb / noun:

• finally; in the end; on top of all that

noun:

• interference with a public servant in the execution of his or her duties

noun:

• hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara) - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• crouching; formal crouch performed at the beginning of a sumo or kendo match - Sumo, Martial Arts term

noun:

• portable painting used as part of the backdrop (in kabuki, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• (system of) extending complicity for a crime to the criminal's family members

noun:

• ("like this"; often the opening word of a sutra) - Buddhism term ➜ 如是我聞
• ten thusnesses (in Tendai) - abbreviation ➜ 十如是

noun:

• edible flower bud of the fuki (Petasites japonicus) plant, an early spring delicacy

noun:

• left-over flesh on the spine of a fish (esp. tuna) or beef - Food term

noun:

• Lingchi; Leng Tch'e; slow torture by slicing off parts of the body

noun:

• referee officiating at bouts of rank-and-file wrestlers in the highest division - Sumo term

noun:

• obsolete rule prohibiting match-ups between wrestlers from the same group of stables - Sumo term

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• uninteresting; tending to spoil the fun (pleasure) (of); throwing a wet blanket (on) - four character idiom