expression / noun:

• withered trees and frozen rocks; "a person that is hard to approach" [figurative]

noun:

• silvering; silvered item
• person who is all style and no substance; poser

noun:

• toad venom (used as an analgesic and cardiac stimulant in Chinese medicine)

noun:

• men's hairstyle with small sideburns and a wide forehead (Edo period)

noun:

• literary fragment
• interpreting (and using) a passage without regard to its context ➜ 断章取義

noun:

• the shogun's eighty thousand guards, comprising hatamoto and lower-ranking vassals - archaism ➜ 旗本【はたもと】

expression / noun:

• misty mountain with blossoming buds and flowers as it appears in spring

noun:

• Lockheed P-3 Orion (anti-submarine and maritime surveillance aircraft); P3C

expression:

• things that look similar but are completely different; geta and grilled miso [literal] - idiom

noun:

• awareness and activity about global environmental, etc. problems - From English "Earth conscious"

noun:

• location where spirits and ghosts allegedly often appear; haunted place

noun:

• song with lyrics about resentment and a sorrowful tune
• resentful complaint

noun:

• collecting rocks and mineral specimens (as a hobby) - From English "stone hunting"

noun:

• thinly-sliced salmon head cartilage and daikon seasoned with vinegar - Food term ➜ 氷頭・膾【なます】

noun:

• sabani sailing and paddling regatta (Okinawa)

noun:

• short, padded coat that covers someone and a baby on their back

noun:

• not getting along well with each other; being like water and oil - four character idiom

noun:

• pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.) ➜ 博士【はかせ】

noun:

• traveling entertainer who wears a lion mask and does tumbling acts ➜ 越後獅子

particle:

• too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence)
• both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence) - as ＡもＢも
• even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than - used for emphasis or to express absence of doubt regarding a quantity, etc.
• even if; even though; although; in spite of - often as 〜ても, 〜でも, 〜とも, etc.

adverb:

• further; more; again; another; the other - colloquialism - abbreviation ➜ もう

noun:

• impoverishment of fishermen because of a bumper catch; decline in fishermen's income caused by the sharply lower fish prices as a result of an overabundant catch - four character idiom

noun:

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

noun:

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

noun:

• Senior Grand Tutor (senior-most of the top three civil positions of the Zhou Dynasty)
• Grand Minister; Chancellor of the Realm ➜ 太政大臣

noun:

• suede; leather using the underside of the skin ➜ スエード
• piece of leather on the underside of a bag, purse, etc.