noun:

• mixed boarding; multiple groups using the same bus, etc.

noun:

• ISIL; Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ➜ イスラム国

noun:

• Polystichum tripteron (species of the wood fern family)

~の noun / noun:

• behind-the-scenes

noun:

• the three weapons for catching criminals (Edo period) ➜ 刺股・突棒・袖搦

noun:

• Tillandsia (genus of flowering plants in the Bromeliaceae family)

noun:

• Gaultheria adenothrix (alpine shrublet in the Ericaceae family)

noun:

• Reineckea carnea (flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family)

noun:

• Ophiopogon planiscapus (flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family)

noun:

• Maianthemum yesoense (flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family)

noun:

• Liriope minor (flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family)

noun:

• Billiken; pointy-headed charm doll, orig. from the US

noun:

• distinguished professor (unofficial title awarded by the institution itself)

noun:

• women in the sciences; female scientists - abbreviation - colloquialism ➜ 理系女子【りけいじょし】

noun:

• three great people (e.g. of the Meiji Restoration) ➜ 維新の三傑

expression / ichidan verb:

• the skies open up; to rain cats and dogs

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving the nest; "becoming independent of one's parents" [figurative] ➜ 巣立つ【すだつ】

noun / ~する noun:

• falling of the yellow leaves and nuts (in autumn)

noun / ~の noun:

• the one before last; two generations, etc. previous

noun:

• direct planting of a cutting in the ground

expression:

• you can't catch the wind with a net - proverb

expression / noun:

• (person who has the) hands of God; master; virtuoso ➜ ゴッドハンド

noun:

• Golden Lion (highest prize at the Venice Film Festival)

noun:

• owning multiple animals (esp. pets of the same kind)

noun:

• the three friends of winter (pine, bamboo and plum)