noun:

• curling inwards (esp. the tips of one's hair)

noun / ~する noun:

• attendance (of the Empress)

noun:

• coral catshark (Atelomycterus marmoratus, found in the Indo-West Pacific)

noun:

• balanitis (inflammation of the glans penis) ➜ 亀頭

noun:

• nut (on the head of a shamisen, supporting the second and third strings)

noun:

• ridge-tailed monitor (Varanus acanthurus, species of monitor lizard found throughout the arid northern regions of Australia); spiny-tailed monitor

noun:

• Ming-era Chinese music (popularized in Japan during the early 17th century) ➜ 明【みん】

noun:

• Morse code (esp. the code) ➜ モールス信号

noun:

• Bird Day Fair (held at Otori Shrine on each Day of the Bird in November) - archaism ➜ 酉の市

noun:

• Mariana Trench (deepest part of the ocean, near the Mariana Islands)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to put a kettle on (the stove)

noun:

• contract (entered into on the basis of a promise or previous agreement); formal agreement; contract at hand

noun:

• Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - sometimes read たまをのぼし or たまほめぼし - abbreviation - Astronomy term ➜ 鬼・魂讃め星・魂緒の星
• "day of the ghost" ➜ 鬼宿日

noun:

• hakama for women (esp. hakama worn by female students and teachers in the Meiji period) - archaism

noun:

• day of disgrace (in Okinawa; April 28, after the day in 1952 in which the US occupation of mainland Japan, but not Okinawa, ended)

noun:

• seine fishing (usu. from the beach); dragnet fishing ➜ 地引網

noun:

• eighteen centers of Buddhist learning (of the Pure Land sect in the Kanto region) ➜ 浄土宗・関東

noun:

• strong-smelling edible plant (esp. perennials of the family Liliaceae, e.g. Welsh onion, garlic, wild rocambole, etc.) - archaism

noun:

• Nichiren sect of Buddhism (sometimes specifically referring to the Hokke school of Nichiren)
• Tendai sect of Buddhism

noun:

• Komura Faction (of the LDP)

noun:

• Shikoku pilgrimage (to the 88 temples); Shikoku pilgrim ➜ 四国巡礼

noun:

• Sakurajima daikon (the largest variety of radish in the world)

noun:

• waiting (e.g. at the stage door) for performers or celebrities to exit - slang ➜ 入り待ち

noun:

• subversion (of the state)

~と adverb / adverb:

• whistling (of the wind); blowing
• fluttering (in the wind); waving; flapping; flying
• tottering; staggering
• aimlessly; wandering about; roaming
• aloof from the world; easygoing; transcendental; detached