noun:

• dogcatcher; person who used to catch dogs and execute them for rabies prevention - slang

noun:

• first day of cherry blossoms reaching full bloom; first day in which at least 80% of the somei yoshino cherry blossom has opened (in a specific region or place)

noun:

• adding something to or altering a finished work of art; something added or altered in this manner

noun:

• traditional Japanese wind instrument resembling panpipes; free-reed instrument used in Japanese court music

noun / ~する noun:

• breaking off short (in one's speech); rendered speechless for a moment - four character idiom

noun:

• sewing elastic; flat bands of elastic for sewing in cuffs, etc.

noun:

• NERICA (hybrid variety of rice); New rice for Africa

noun:

• taking turns; in rotation

noun:

• postbox; mail box ➜ ポスト

noun:

• shoryuken; uppercut move in the Street Fighter video game series

noun:

• kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan

noun:

• leader of a crime syndicate's henchmen; young leading subordinate in yakuza group

noun:

• civic education; education for citizenship

noun:

• late frost; frost in late spring ➜ 忘れ霜【わすれじも】

noun / ~する noun:

• accompanying; being in attendance on

noun:

• inner offerer (any of the 10 high-ranking monks serving at the inner offering hall) - abbreviation ➜ 内供奉

noun / ~の noun:

• backlighting; having a light source in front of the camera lens in photography - abbreviation ➜ 逆光線

noun:

• opening section of a Chinese poem or essay (in which the topic is broached); broaching the topic of a poem or essay in its opening lines

expression:

• a man of virtue will naturally attract admirers; good wine speaks for itself - proverb

noun:

• jiedushi; regional military governor in ancient China

noun:

• Clarke number; abundance of a chemical element in the Earth's crust, as calculated by geochemist Frank Wigglesworth Clarke - Geology term

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to be matched against
• to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on

noun / ~する noun:

• considering the pros and cons of; examining arguments for and against

noun:

• shirataki noodles; white noodles made from konjak starch, often used in sukiyaki
• waterfall resembling a white sheet

noun:

• dog-friendly café; eatery which allows people to bring their pet dogs and provides separate menus for dogs and their owners - From English "dog café"

noun:

• embouchure; position and use of the lips, tongue, and teeth in playing a wind instrument - From French
• mouthpiece of a musical instrument