noun:

• Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver ➜ 五節句

~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about) - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• being in dire distress; being hard put to it - four character idiom
• the four and eight kinds of suffering - Buddhism term ➜ 四苦・八苦

noun:

• sacred treasure; the three sacred treasures (sword, jewel, mirror) ➜ 三種の神器
• implement used in religious ceremonies

noun / ~する noun:

• kiss - colloquialism

noun / ~と adverb:

• squeak (as in the sound made by mice)
• sound of liquid being sucked up

noun:

• Gion Festival (in Kyoto during the month of July, with high point on the 17th)

expression / noun / ~する noun:

• being held in suspense; being on edge; scared stiff; one's testicles going up and down [literal] - idiom - male language ➜ 上がったり下がったり【あがったりさがったり】

noun:

• dark-skinned person; well-tanned person - derogatory term ➜ 白んぼ
• (wheat) smut
• stagehand (in kabuki); prompter ➜ 黒衣【くろご】

noun:

• teppan-yaki (Japanese cooking prepared on a hot steel plate in the center of the table)

noun / ~する noun:

• cutting in half
• painting or calligraphy done on a half-sized piece of paper - esp. 半折

noun / ~の noun:

• once in a lifetime; the first and last occurrence (event, experience) of one's lifetime - four character idiom

noun:

• (lying on one's belly and) basking in the sun; sunbathing (e.g. on a beach)

noun:

• changing the world; turning the tide
• torpedo modified as a suicide weapon (used in WWII)

noun:

• feelings of coolness (e.g. from wearing light clothing in hot weather); cool feeling; cool impression

noun:

• glossy silk thread (made from raw silk treated in a solution to dissolve the sericin)

noun:

• radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days (programme)

noun / ~する noun:

• complete change in public sentiment; leading the thought of the people to an entirely different channel - four character idiom

ichidan verb:

• to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain in the same neighborhood

noun / ~の noun:

• initiative taken by bureaucrats in the drafting of government policies and bills (rather than by politicians) - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• initiative taken by politicians (in the formulation of a policy or bill) (rather than by bureaucrats) - four character idiom

noun:

• radio or television serial broadcast in the same time slot each day or week

noun:

• base support (e.g. for a party in an election); substrate; load bearing layer; supporting layer

noun:

• hitting the maximum value of a numeric counter (in a video game) - From English "counter stop" ➜ カンスト

noun:

• type of lettering consisting of thick vertical and horizontal lines which is often used in seals

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• keeping calm and collected at times of disappoinment; maintaining a serene state of mind in adversity - archaism - four character idiom