noun:

• yotsugana; the four kana (ji, di, zu, du) - じ,ぢ,ず,づ - Linguistics term

noun:

• strategy of initially moving the rook sideways - Shōgi term

expression:

• trend of the times; way things are going

noun:

• women who have slept with the same man - vulgar - slang ➜ 穴兄弟

noun:

• Noctua (no longer recognized constellation); the Owl - Astronomy term

noun:

• Castor (star in the constellation Gemini); Alpha Geminorum - Astronomy term

noun:

• Pollux (star in the constellation Gemini); Beta Geminorum - Astronomy term

noun:

• Canopus (star in the constellation Carina); Alpha Carinae - Astronomy term

noun:

• Spica (star in the constellation Virgo); Alpha Virginis - Astronomy term

noun:

• Deneb (star in the constellation Cygnus); Alpha Cygni - Astronomy term

noun:

• Achernar (star in the constellation Eridanus); Alpha Eridani - Astronomy term

noun / ~の noun:

• rounding of the lips; rounded (e.g. vowel) - Linguistics term

noun:

• place where raindrops fall from the eaves ➜ 雨落ち

noun:

• discarding the just-drawn tile ➜ 自摸【ツモ】

noun:

• bath taken after everyone else (in the family) ➜ 一番風呂

noun:

• city built according to the principles of fengshui ➜ 風水

expression:

• the virtuous man will not long remain lonely - from The Analects of Confucius - proverb

expression:

• a starved dog does not fear the rod [literal] - proverb

expression / noun / ~する noun:

• lifting (a child) high up in the air - children's language

noun:

• various kings
• unproclaimed son of the imperial family

noun / ~する noun:

• signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking - archaism ➜ 目配せ

noun:

• New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia) ➜ 旧大陸

noun:

• current flowing from the open sea towards land ➜ 離岸流【りがんりゅう】

particle:

• too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence)
• both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence) - as ＡもＢも
• even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than - used for emphasis or to express absence of doubt regarding a quantity, etc.
• even if; even though; although; in spite of - often as 〜ても, 〜でも, 〜とも, etc.

adverb:

• further; more; again; another; the other - colloquialism - abbreviation ➜ もう

noun:

• reason; logic
• method; system; order; thread (e.g. of an argument)