noun:

• yellow acara (species of cichlid in Colombia, Aequidens metae)

noun:

• candlelight service (e.g. in a church)
• ceremony during a wedding reception where the bride and the groom go from table to table lighting a candle at each

noun:

• Trimma yanagitai (species of goby found in Japan)

noun:

• keitai-mail friend (someone one keeps in touch with only by typing messages with one's thumb) - obscure term - slang ➜ 親指

expression / godan ~ぶ verb:

• (for a conversation) to wander from the subject; to get off track

noun:

• pressure points (e.g. for application of moxa)
• vulnerable body cavities - Martial Arts term

noun:

• ornamental doorway (in the raised area of a shoin-style reception suite) ➜ 書院造り

expression:

• Out of Asia and Into Europe (slogan calling for Japan to align itself with the West) - four character idiom

noun:

• (excelling in) one area or skill; (being skilled or gifted in) one certain area - four character idiom

noun:

• new yen (issued in 1946 to fight inflation)

noun:

• (in philosophy) mechanism

noun:

• transition probability (e.g. in a Markov chain) - IT term

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to lose a seat (in an election)

noun / ~する noun:

• enemy encounter (in a video game) - From English "encount"

noun:

• loss of virginity (in women); loss of maidenhead

noun:

• anastigmat (compound lens corrected for astigmatism) - From German "Anastigmat"

noun:

• tile block print (newspaper in Tokugawa period)

noun:

• stock (in grafting)
• wood used as a platform (or base, etc.); block (i.e. chopping block); (gun) stock; unworked block of wood

interjection:

• exclamation used to scold practitioners (in Zen)

noun:

• scolding or threatening with a shout

noun:

• captain (in the Maritime Self Defence Force)

noun:

• 3-4 point (in go); komoku

expression / noun:

• unexpectedly strong rain (for the region, etc.); sudden rain ➜ ゲリラ

expression / ichidan verb:

• to have a qualification (for)

noun:

• costumed mascot character (oft. devised for PR purposes by local governments, government departments, etc.) ➜ キャラ・緩い

noun:

• Japanese scull (oar attached to the rear of the boat by a traditional peg-in-hole oarlock)