noun:

• distinguished scholar; holder of a higher doctorate - archaism

noun:

• LAMP; solution stack of free, open source software - from initials of Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP - IT term

noun:

• strangely shaped rocks; massive rock of unusual shape

noun:

• Drosophila; genus of fruit flies

noun:

• reviving the dead; calling back the spirits of the dead

noun:

• variation; amount of change

noun:

• 1000 pounds; 1000 kan; 1000 yen; 1000 pieces of gold; great weight; pricelessness

noun:

• Coralliidae; family of corals

noun:

• Okuninushi; deity of magic and medicine later viewed as equivalent to Daikokuten and celebrated at Izumo Grand Shrine ➜ 大国主命【おおくにぬしのみこと】

noun:

• Zen; entering the path of Zen

noun:

• moonrise; rise of the moon

noun:

• wretched life; life of misery ➜ 憂き身をやつす【うきみをやつす】

noun:

• word said backwards; word of opposite meaning

noun:

• branch store; branch of a firm

noun:

• Vajrasattva; Supreme Being of tantric Buddhism

noun / ~する noun:

• going off course; going out of bounds - From English "course out"

noun:

• infant-industry argument; theory of infant-industry protection

noun:

• April Theses; series of directives issued by Lenin after his return from exile

noun:

• service restoration; restoration of service - IT term

noun:

• white sand and green pines; beautiful stretch of sandy beach dotted with pine trees - four character idiom

expression:

• blessed are the peacemakers; one should appreciate and follow the advice of a mediator - proverb ➜ 時の氏神【ときのうじがみ】・挨拶

noun:

• Glaucophyceae; class of glaucophytes

noun:

• huangjiu; undistilled Chinese alcohol made of fermented grains

noun:

• man'yōgana; early Japanese syllabary composed of Chinese characters used phonetically

expression / godan ~る verb (irregular):

• to have a tendency to; to be liable to; to have a touch of; to have a smack of