noun:

• day of the ox in midsummer (during the hottest season); dog days of summer ➜ 丑の日

expression / ~と adverb:

• taking advantage of (a convenient situation)

adverb:

• with a great deal of effort; laboriously

noun:

• woman of low rank; term of degradation for a woman

noun:

• Act for Identification, etc. by Mobile Voice Communications Carriers of Their Subscribers, etc. and for Prevention of Improper Use of Mobile Voice Communications Services; Mobile Phone Improper Use Prevention Act - Law term

noun:

• panels, planks or plating on the hull of a ship or aircraft

expression:

• early, superficial indications of spring (haiku term) ➜ 季語【きご】

noun:

• twenty-second of the sexagenary cycle ➜ 干支

noun:

• this art or field of study

noun:

• university of arts; arts college - abbreviation ➜ 芸術大学

noun:

• director of the Dazaifu ➜ 大宰府

noun:

• mishmash of truth and untruth; mixture of fiction and fact - four character idiom

noun:

• stump of a pencil or brush ➜ 掠り筆

noun:

• in calligraphy, an abbreviated or mistaken form of a character, or a work written in more than one calligraphic style

noun:

• (strict) observance of the Buddhist precept of lifelong celibacy - four character idiom

noun:

• pattern of Japanese accent with the first mora high and the following ones low

noun:

• complete set of household goods - four character idiom

noun:

• Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry ➜ 経済産業大臣

noun:

• the calamity of being killed by the sword

noun:

• style of gagaku based on Tang-era Chinese music and ancient Indian song and dance - archaism ➜ 唐楽

noun / adjectival noun:

• being full of energy (drive, motivation, vitality) - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• imitation of a professional singer, musician, dancer, etc. usu. by an amateur - slang - abbreviation ➜ 完全コピー

noun:

• Portuguese man-of-war (Physalia physalis)

noun:

• seventh of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Venus and west) ➜ 九星

noun:

• incarnation of selfishness; lump of avarice