noun:

• last day of February; last day of the second lunar month

pre-noun adjectival:

• olden-day; hidden in the past

proper noun:

• Hachiko; Akita dog that waited every day at Shibuya station for the return of his owner (1923-1935) ➜ 忠犬ハチ公【ちゅうけんハチこう】

expression / godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:

• to lead; to take the initiative
• to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger)
• to be most essential

noun / ~する noun:

• going upstream; sailing against the current

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to remove; to move out of the way

noun:

• Hydrolagus; genus of cartilaginous fish in the family Chimaeridae

noun:

• triple pung; winning hand containing the same pung in each of the three suits - Mahjong term

noun:

• local news section; the city desk

noun / adjectival noun / adverb:

• one's heart is filled with even deeper emotion; feeling the emotion all the more deeply - four character idiom

noun:

• selling separately; not included in the price

noun:

• news commentary; comments on the news

expression / ichidan verb:

• to button up wrong; to start from the wrong button
• to bungle up the order - idiom

noun:

• Amphibia; class comprising the extant and extinct amphibians

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to deceive; to blind the eyes of

noun:

• Mazu; Chinese goddess of the sea

noun:

• Antarctic Circle; the Antarctic ➜ 北極圏

noun / expression:

• schadenfreude; pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others - short for 他人の不幸で今日も飯がうまい - vulgar - slang - abbreviation

noun:

• Gemini (constellation); the Twins

noun:

• Diet members' caucus; caucus of the Diet - abbreviation ➜ 議員連盟

noun:

• relevant documents; (all) the documents related (to the matter)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to seek results, not show; to discard the flower for the fruit [literal] - idiom

noun:

• under one's arm; (in) the armpit

noun:

• sky; the heavens ➜ 下土
• God; the Lord; the Creator; the Supreme Being
• ascension (into heaven)

adjective:

• somewhat lacking; somewhat weak in the head