日

cannot live even a minute without someone or something; meaning the world to one

Organization name

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science; JSPS

Organization name

Japan Women's University

agenda; calendar of proceedings; order of the day

Colloquial

rubella; German measles; three day measles

festival vendor

Company name

Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance

Organization name

Nihon Medical School

Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku (sixth of the six classical Japanese history texts)

Legend

Yamato Takeru; 12th Emperor of Japan, who dressed as a maidservant in a successful plot to kill the leaders of the Kumaso tribe in Kumamoto

feeling (looking) lone and helpless; helplessness of those in reduced circumstances

National Foundation Day (national holiday; February 11)

day of the ox in midsummer (during the hottest season); dog days of summer

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

Vocabvlario da Lingoa de Iapam (Japanese-Portuguese dictionary, publ. 1603-1604); Nippo Jisho

Organization name

Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology

having the smell of having been dried in the sun

provincial; rural; unrefined

imperial throne

Computing

Japanese environment

Organization name

Japan Newspaper Publishers & Editors Association

Korean person living in Japan; Zainichi Korean

before long; in a few days

Japanese linguistics

Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star

nihonjinron; theories of Japanese cultural or racial uniqueness