noun:

• snowdrop (Galanthus spp.) ➜ スノードロップ
• snow falling like flower petals; snow on a tree resembling a flower
• red snow ➜ 赤雪

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to feel really ashamed; to feel extremely embarrassed; to feel humiliated; to have egg on one's face ➜ 大恥

noun:

• substitute national holiday; day off in lieu of a national holiday that falls on a Sunday; compensatory holiday - abbreviation ➜ 振替休日【ふりかえきゅうじつ】

noun / ~する noun:

• wave (on water)
• wave (electromagnetic, sound, etc.)
• wavy hairstyle
• audience wave; the wave

noun:

• WAVeform audio format; WAV - IT term

noun:

• proportional representation electoral system (in which party votes are cast, and candidates from each party are elected based on an ordered list available to the public)

adverb / ~する noun:

• roughly; approximately; loosely - onomatopoeia
• cutting or breaking apart with vigour - onomatopoeia
• deeply (cut or split) - onomatopoeia
• rough (woollens, etc., as adjectival phrase with (to)shita) - onomatopoeia
• sound of treading on pebbles - onomatopoeia

noun:

• altered photograph, usu. with sexual connotations, such as putting someone's face on top of a picture of a nude idol, etc. - From English "idol collage"

expression:

• once over the borders one may do anything; what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas; shame (committed while) on a journey can be scratched away [literal] - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• final decision; ultimate decision; official decision; finalizing; last word (on or about something); final word

noun:

• water and moon
• the moon reflected on the water
• pit of the stomach; solar plexus ➜ 水落

noun / adverb:

• (being) about to start out; (being) about to leave - usu. 出掛けに, etc. ➜ お出掛け
• having just left; (being) on the way

noun:

• life-saving sword (a killing sword may be a sword of life depending on how it is used)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make full use of (skill, experience, authority, etc.); to take full advantage of (something); to rely on ➜ 物を言う【ものをいう】

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to match (rhythm, speed, etc.)
• to join together; to unite; to combine; to add up
• to face; to be opposite (someone) ➜ 顔を合わせる
• to compare; to check with
• to cause to meet (e.g. an unpleasant fate) ➜ 遭う
• to place together; to connect; to overlap
• to mix; to combine
• to put blade to blade; to fight

adverb:

• in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run; when all is said and done; what it all comes down to; when you get right down to it ➜ 詰まり【つまり】

noun / ~する noun:

• making one's debut; making one's first appearance - esp. 顔見せ
• (just) showing one's face; showing up - esp. 顔見せ ➜ 顔を見せる
• introductory kabuki performance (to introduce the actors) - esp. 顔見世
• December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform - esp. 顔見世 ➜ 顔見世狂言

adverb:

• exactly; surely; certainly; just - esp. 正に when in kanji
• right then; just then; at that moment
• just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening) - esp. 将に when in kanji
• duly; naturally - esp. 当に when in kanji

noun:

• bulletin board; notice board; billboard; roadside sign; sign on a post, usu. wooden, esp. containing information about a sight, warning, congratulations, etc. ➜ 高札

adverb / ~と adverb:

• creaking; squeaking - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb / adjectival noun:

• packing in tightly; cramming; squeezing - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb:

• hard (pressing, tying, twisting, etc.); tightly; with force - onomatopoeia

adverb / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• going hard (on someone); tormenting (e.g. with questions) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• parhelion; sun dog; sundog (bright spot on either side of the sun caused by refraction of sunlight through ice crystals in the atmosphere) ➜ 幻月

noun:

• paraselene; moon dog; moondog (bright spot on either side of the moon caused by refraction of moonlight through ice crystals in the atmosphere) ➜ 幻日

expression:

• there must be a clear distinction between the upper and lower classes; even new shoes must not be worn on the head [literal] - proverb

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to collect (debts); to dun; to exact; to extort
• to appoint; to promote; to give patronage
• to emphasize; to focus on; to call attention to ➜ 取り立てて

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to carry something out of a place
• to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery)
• to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject); to raise (an issue); to mention

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• option; optional; selecting an option

noun:

• optional extra
• individual item; separate item; service supplied on its own, without accompanying services
• option - Finance term