expression:

• not knowing what to do with the time one has on one's hand

noun:

• arm (esp. upper arm) - archaism

counter:

• counter used to measure the thickness of round objects

noun / ~する noun:

• studying in the morning (by oneself); brief "self-study" period before morning classes begin

expression:

• good medicine tastes bitter; the most helpful advice may be difficult to listen to - proverb

noun:

• clownfish (Amphiprioninae spp., esp. the yellowtail clownfish, Amphiprion clarkii); anemone fish

noun:

• Potsdam Conference (Jul.-Aug., 1945 conference regarding the postwar occupation of Germany)

noun:

• Lorelei (Loreley); Rhine maiden who lured sailors to their doom
• rock in the Rhine

noun:

• CAM plant (any plant, such as the pineapple, that uses crassulacean acid metabolism)

noun:

• ancient Shinto (as practiced prior to the Introduction of Confucianism and Buddhism to Japan)

noun:

• member of a (school) club who does not partake in the club's activities - humorous term ➜ 帰宅部

noun:

• Wallace's line (hypothetical line separating the Oriental and Australian zoogeographical regions)

noun:

• (metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto)
• the centre or seat (of) (center)
• (government) office

suffix:

• honorific suffix used after the name of a woman of equal or higher status - honorific language

noun:

• statue of a figure sitting contemplatively in the half lotus position (often of Maitreya) - Buddhism term ➜ 弥勒菩薩

noun:

• small-scale version of the 88 temples of Shikoku (i.e. on Awaji Island) ➜ 四国八十八箇所

expression:

• with great vigour; in leaps and bounds; with the force of surging waves [literal]

noun:

• tide pool; rocky place where sea water remains after the tide draws out

expression:

• poverty is a stranger to industry; diligence is the mother of good fortune - proverb

expression:

• genius shows from childhood; the Japanese bead tree is fragrant from when a sprout [literal] - proverb

noun:

• people's history (written for the king of China; usu. written as a novel) ➜ 稗官

noun:

• torture in which the victim is bound and placed in a tub of snakes

noun:

• sea pen (any coelenterate of the family Pennatulidae or related families); sea feather

noun:

• football fish (any fish of family Himantolophidae, esp. the Atlantic footballfish, Himantolophus groenlandicus)

noun:

• skate (Rajinidae spp., esp. the Kwangtung skate, Dipturus kwangtungensis)

noun:

• civil service competitive examination for some positions in the public education system in France - From French "agregation"