noun:

• 24 Hours of Le Mans; Le Mans 24-Hour Race

noun:

• doctor of agriculture

noun:

• behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; 2nd year of junior high sickness [literal] - slang - humorous term

noun:

• concept advertisement; concept advertising

noun:

• end of a string

noun / ~する noun:

• male coming of age ceremony
• for a woman to shave her eyebrows, dye her teeth and wear her hair in the marumage style after marrying (Edo period)

expression / noun:

• smack of evil

noun:

• Buddhist service held on the day of Buddha's death (orig. 15th of the 2nd month, now 15th of the 3rd month)

noun:

• crown of thorns

noun:

• thirty-sixth of the sexagenary cycle ➜ 干支

noun:

• money needed to buy a geisha or prostitute out of bondage ➜ 身請け

noun:

• (in China) 3rd note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. E) ➜ 十二律・平調
• first lunar month

noun:

• the five pillars of Islam and six articles of faith ➜ 六信五行

noun:

• stalled session of the Diet (Japanese Parliament) - four character idiom

noun:

• woven mat tied around a plant to prevent damage from the weight of snow

expression / noun:

• Day of the Rat (esp. the first Day of the Rat in the New Year)
• collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots - abbreviation ➜ 子の日の遊び
• pine shoot pulled out in such a manner ➜ 子の日の松

noun:

• coefficient of restitution - Physics term

noun:

• nails adorned with images of anime characters

noun:

• first sale of the year; first trade of the year ➜ 初売り

noun:

• sweet whispers of love; sweet nothings; lovers' whispers ➜ 睦言【むつごと】

noun:

• cause of trouble

expression:

• the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; other people's flowers are redder [literal] - proverb

noun:

• person of lofty virtue; man of noble character; perfect person; saint - four character idiom

noun:

• act of violence; violent behavior

noun:

• the descent to earth of the grandson of the sun goddess - four character idiom