expression / adjective:

• avoided by everybody; disliked by everybody; not even a dog will eat [literal]

noun:

• certified center for early childhood education and care; ECEC; certified child center; type of combined day-care center and kindergarten

noun:

• certified center for early childhood education and care; ECEC; certified child center; type of combined day-care center and kindergarten - abbreviation ➜ 認定こども園

expression:

• very fond of; more fond of than eating; so fond of that someone would rather not eat than go without; more important than three meals a day ➜ 三度の飯より好き【さんどのめしよりすき】

noun:

• Sirius (star in the constellation Canis Major); Alpha Canis Majoris; the Dog Star - Astronomy term ➜ シリウス

noun:

• Sirius (star in the constellation Canis Major); Alpha Canis Majoris; the Dog Star - obscure term - Astronomy term ➜ 天狼星・シリウス

expression / noun:

• modern times; the modern age; this day and age

noun:

• Ten'ichijin; Nakagami; god of fortune in Onmyōdō who descends to the northeast on the 46th day of the sexagenary cycle and completes a clockwise circuit, spending five days on each cardinal point and six days on each ordinal point, returning to heaven from the north on the 30th day of the next sexagenary cycle; travelling in the direction of Ten'ichijin is considered unlucky ➜ 陰陽道・己酉・癸巳

noun:

• fortunate person; lucky fellow; lucky dog

expression:

• waking or sleeping; constantly; at all times; twenty-four hours a day

adverb:

• still; even now; until this very day

noun:

• Ten'ichijin; Nakagami; god of fortune in Onmyōdō who descends to the northeast on the 46th day of the sexagenary cycle and completes a clockwise circuit, spending five days on each cardinal point and six days on each ordinal point, returning to heaven from the north on the 30th day of the next sexagenary cycle; travelling in the direction of Ten'ichijin is considered unlucky - abbreviation ➜ 天一神・陰陽道・己酉・癸巳

noun:

• rubella; German measles; three day measles - colloquialism ➜ 風疹

noun:

• agenda; calendar of proceedings; order of the day

noun:

• bitch; witch; ugly woman; dog - derogatory term - From Portuguese "espada"
• normal card; card having only a floral pattern that gives a player only one point - orig. meaning, referring to the card suit "spades" ➜ 花札

noun:

• keiskei fetterbush (Leucothoe keiskei); doghobble; dog hobble

expression:

• very fond of; more fond of than eating; so fond of that someone would rather not eat than go without; more important than three meals a day [literal]

noun:

• contrary person; sourpuss; dog-in-the-manger

expression / noun:

• backbiting of a coward; grumblings of a loser; the far-off bark of a retreating dog [literal] - idiom

noun:

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

noun / ~する noun:

• fasting; abstinence; confinement to one's house on an unlucky day

noun:

• Kai; Kai ken; Japanese dog breed

noun:

• blazing sun; scorching sun; hot day

noun:

• dawn; daybreak; first light of day
• first indication; glimpse; gleam; flash; prospects - fig. as in 〜の曙光

noun:

• home healthcare nurse; visiting nurse; day nurse