noun:

• hazy curtain of flowers; cherry blossoms appearing from afar like white mist

noun:

• (in soccer) system of using different starting lineups for different matches - Sports term

noun / ~する noun:

• the return of the land and people from the feudal lords to the Emperor - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• having an accident

noun:

• Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to stand at the head of others

noun:

• act of ingratitude

noun:

• demon of death - Buddhism term ➜ 四魔

noun:

• the Feast of Weeks; Pentecost

noun:

• novel depicting customs and manners of the day - four character idiom

noun:

• portion of wall between two pillars; surface of a wall

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to blindstitch the inside of a fold with (equally spaced) threadings (i.e. pulling shoe lacing tight)

noun / ~する noun:

• complimentary copy of a book

noun:

• at the very beginning of a book; The book opens with ... - four character idiom

noun:

• variety of long, columnar daikon; Nerima daikon

noun:

• center of excellence; COE

expression:

• an eye for an eye - from Matthew 5:38 ➜ 目には目を歯には歯を【めにはめをはにははを】

noun:

• hall of offerings (at a shrine)

expression / ~する verb (spec.):

• to apologize for a long neglect of friends (apologise)

noun:

• end of the year or season; year end

noun:

• Inspectorate General of Military Training (1898-1945)

noun:

• set of solutions; open set

expression / noun:

• last ray of hope

noun:

• cylindrical seat made of straw covered in fabric - archaism

noun:

• mountain (pile) of difficult problems - four character idiom