月

Organization name

Black September (Palestinian extremist group responsible for the massacre of Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics)

month after month; as the months go by; with each passing month

summer purification rites (held at shrines on the last day of the 6th lunar month)

habu jellyfish (Chironex yamaguchii); habu-kurage

Red Crescent Society

film shown over the New Year period

polish; elaboration; repeatedly working over one's writing; being very scrupulous in the choice of diction

go-between; matchmaker

character sketch; comments on personalities

Buddhism

Candraprabha (bodhisattva)

Word usually written using kana alone

upside-down jellyfish (Cassiopea ornata); jellyfish of the genus Cassiopea

Colloquial; Dated term; Due to the resemblance between the hot spring symbol and an upside-down jellyfish

traditional love hotel; traditional Japanese inn specially for couples

Fertile Crescent

trying to reach above one's station and failing; trying to accomplish something beyond one's abilities and failing; monkey catching (a reflection of) the moon (in the water)

satsuki azalea (Rhododendron indicum)

selling on a (monthly) installment plan (instalment); hire purchase

Medicine

hypermenorrhea; menorrhagia

the charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; (so beautiful that) the moon is abashed and flowers wilt

feeling apprehensive; feeling (looking) lone and helpless; being down-and-out (ruined); helplessness of those in reduced circumstances

Proverb

time flies like an arrow

menorrhea; hypermenorrhea; epimenorrhagia; profuse menstruation

date of issuance (e.g. of a license or passport)

Mahjong

haitei winning hand; winning on the last tile drawn from the wall

spring flowers and the autumn moon; beauty of nature as it changes from season to season

Proverb

time waits for no man; time and tide stay for no man