noun:

• one's grasp of the situation; knowing how matters stand - four character idiom

noun:

• (being granted) the privileges of one's former (official) post - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• wrist cutting; slashing one's wrists - From English "wrist cut"

noun:

• Japan's naval ensign; Japanese flag used on military ships

expression:

• Homer sometimes nods; even Kōbō Daishi's handwriting contains mistakes [literal] - proverb

noun:

• Mycobacterium leprae; the bacteria that causes Hansen's disease (leprosy)

adverb:

• unintentionally; unconsciously; by mistake; heedlessly; against one's better judgement (judgment) - onomatopoeia ➜ つい

expression:

• let's not say (such things) to each other ➜ かたいことは言いっこなし

noun / ~する noun:

• compensating for one's shortcomings by incorporating others' strong points - four character idiom

noun:

• midsummer feast; summer solstice celebration; St John's day

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be positively affected by someone's strength of spirit

noun:

• temple bell rung 108 times on New Year's Eve

noun:

• Burakumin (modern-day descendants of Japan's feudal outcast group)

noun:

• small seal script (arising during China's Warring States period) ➜ 六体

noun:

• Skene's gland (possibly responsible for female ejaculation)

noun:

• Grevy's zebra (Equus grevyi) ➜ グレビー縞馬

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• looking on with surprise; surprised and changing one's expression

noun:

• clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern - archaism ➜ 忍【しのぶ】

noun:

• Baird's tapir (Tapirus bairdii)

noun:

• Schlegel's green tree frog (Rhacophorus schlegelii)

noun:

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

noun:

• nine-tiered lotus leaf platform in Amitabha's Pure Land - Buddhism term

noun:

• Gay-Lussac's law

noun:

• longevity celebration (on one's 40th, 50th, 60th, etc. birthday)

noun:

• you (referring to one's spouse or partner); dear - archaism - polite language