noun:

• Joseon Dynasty; Yi Dynasty of Korea (1392-1910); Ly Dynasty of Vietnam (1009-1225)

expression:

• rise of the dragon (bringing rain around the time of the spring equinox)

noun:

• freedom of information; access to information; disclosure of information (e.g. by the government)

expression:

• the future is unpredictable; unscrutable are the ways of heaven; the irony of fate - proverb ➜ 人間万事塞翁が馬

noun:

• immersion; dipping; in microscopy, immersing both the objective lens and the specimen in a liquid to increase the numerical aperture; in photolithography, filling the air gap between the final lens and the wafer surface with a liquid to increase the resolution

noun:

• sac spider (any spider of family Clubionidae)
• Atypus karschi (Asian species of mygalomorph spider) ➜ 地蜘蛛

expression:

• person of poor character; narrow-minded; unpleasant person; gossip-monger; person of low self-esteem

noun:

• person in charge (of an area of work); person responsible; contact (person)

noun:

• mode (musical mode, mode of probability distribution, state of physical system)
• fashion - From French "mode"

noun:

• the coming of Amida Buddha to welcome the spirits of the dead

noun:

• of great build or stature
• great number of soldiers; great army

noun:

• true dharma; true teachings of Buddha - Buddhism term
• period of the True Law

noun:

• scenery seen on the morning of the first day of the year

expression:

• Thank you; How nice of you; That's kind of you

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb / transitive:

• to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as)
• to claim to be; to call oneself; to wear the title of
• to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to adopt as one's name; to take (a name)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to call out the goods one is selling - archaism

noun:

• type of long chopsticks used in the preparation of fish; type of long chopsticks used to hold the fish in carving knife ceremony

noun:

• fleeting life; this transient world; floating world
• sad world; world of grief and worry - esp. 憂き世
• the world of the living; this life; this world; the present world
• (the world of the) red light districts

noun:

• banquet on the occasion of the first ceremonial offering of rice by the newly-enthroned emperor ➜ 大嘗祭

expression:

• variation of "arimasu" used by the prostitutes of the Yoshiwara red light district in the Edo period

noun:

• ship of the dead which appears if you go fishing the night of the Bon festival ➜ お盆

noun:

• lingering snow ➜ 残雪
• snowfall at the end of the winter or the beginning of spring

noun:

• lingering snow
• snowfall at the end of the winter or the beginning of spring

noun:

• tune; tone; key; pitch; time; rhythm
• vein; mood; way; manner; style; knack
• condition; state of health
• impetus; spur of the moment; strain
• trend

noun:

• Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum)
• complex inter-relationship (as in the struggle between two types of vine over one piece of land)

noun:

• yellowtail surgeonfish (Prionurus punctatus, species of Eastern Central Pacific tang found in reefs from the Gulf of California to El Salvador)