noun:

• autotransfusion (infusion of one's own blood)

noun:

• paralanguage (nonlexical component of communication)

noun / ~する noun / ~と adverb:

• (the impression of being) soft and flexible - onomatopoeia

noun:

• female emperor of Japan (historical or postulated) - four character idiom

noun:

• international politics (as a field of study)

expression:

• inconsiderate (of rudeness, danger or rules)

noun:

• esoteric Buddhism of the Japanese Shingon sect - Buddhism term ➜ 台密【たいみつ】

conjunction:

• due to the fact that; because of

noun:

• Kinmirai Seiji Kenkyukai (faction of the LDP)

noun:

• Bancho Seisaku Kenkyujo (faction of the LDP)

noun:

• training between rikishi of equal strength

noun:

• T-shaped section of a loincloth
• mawashi - Sumo term ➜ 回し【まわし】

noun:

• either side of a rikishi's mawashi

expression / noun:

• final word; voice of authority; authoritative pronouncement - idiom

noun:

• opening hours (of a store, restaurant, etc.)

noun:

• closing hours (of a store, restaurant, etc.)

noun:

• history of the Shōwa period (1926-1989)

noun:

• final third of a two-hour period

noun:

• middle third of a two-hour period

noun / ~の noun:

• karst (geologic formation of irregular limestone deposits) - From German "Karst"

noun:

• bus lane (of a highway)

noun / ~する noun:

• rehabilitation (e.g. of disabled children)

noun:

• certificate of theft (for insurance purposes, etc.)

noun:

• forecasted day (of cherry blossom blooming, etc.)

noun:

• Ring of Fire (circum-Pacific volcanic belt) ➜ 環太平洋火山帯