adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• in those days; at the time; then ➜ その頃【そのころ】

expression:

• no matter what; whatever you say; in the end ➜ 何と言っても【なんといっても】・何たって

noun:

• senior high school (in the PRC or ROC)

expression / conjunction:

• thus; such being the case; in these circumstances

noun:

• removing the weather stripping in spring - obscure term

noun:

• autumnal chill; touch of cold in the air

noun:

• mound made in the image of Mt. Fuji ➜ 富士講

~の noun:

• coplanar; in the same plane; flush; even (with) - often 同一平面上に

expression / noun:

• chink in the armor (armour) - colloquialism

noun:

• mochi freeze-dried in the winter air

noun / ~の noun:

• (for the) first time in one's life

noun:

• other companies in the same business; rival firms

noun:

• oysters cooked in the shell

noun:

• cineast; someone who works in the movie industry

noun:

• Castor (star in the constellation Gemini); Alpha Geminorum - Astronomy term

noun:

• Pollux (star in the constellation Gemini); Beta Geminorum - Astronomy term

noun:

• Canopus (star in the constellation Carina); Alpha Carinae - Astronomy term

noun:

• Spica (star in the constellation Virgo); Alpha Virginis - Astronomy term

noun:

• Deneb (star in the constellation Cygnus); Alpha Cygni - Astronomy term

noun:

• Achernar (star in the constellation Eridanus); Alpha Eridani - Astronomy term

noun:

• bath taken after everyone else (in the family) ➜ 一番風呂

expression / noun / ~する noun:

• lifting (a child) high up in the air - children's language

~と adverb:

• quite indifferent; looking blank; looking as though one has nothing at all to do with what is going on

noun:

• sign used to designate a hot springs (e.g. on a map)
• traditional style love hotel ➜ 連込み宿・逆さ海月【さかさくらげ】

noun:

• homa stick; stick on which prayers are written, then ritually burnt before an idol to ask for blessings - Buddhism term