noun:

• acquired idea (as opposed to innate); acquired ideas - obscure term ➜ 生得観念

noun:

• thin green spring onion shoots (esp. minced as a condiment) - Food term

noun:

• concert band (as a school activity); wind ensemble

noun:

• professional dengaku performer (usu. appearing as a monk) ➜ 田楽

noun:

• sidebar (as on a web page)

noun:

• Anabantoidei (suborder of the order Perciformes known as labyrinth fish that are defined by having an accessory breathing organ for respiration in air) ➜ キノボリウオ亜目【キノボリウオあもく】

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to join a household (as a housewife or househusband); to become a housewife; to become a househusband

noun:

• Oomoto (religious sect founded in 1892 as an offshoot of Shinto)

noun:

• hunting (of animals such as boar, deer, etc.)

expression:

• room to breathe (usually in the negative as "no room to breathe") ➜ 立錐の余地もない

noun:

• sampling (i.e. as a survey method) ➜ サンプリング

noun:

• thinly cut hemp or paper mixed with rice (scattered as an offering to the gods) - archaism

expression / noun / ~の noun:

• (something) not coming together (as one had hoped or expected); unfortunate turn of events; unexpected turn; (a) crossbill's beak (which has differently shaped upper and lower parts) [literal] - often as ～の食い違い (with the same meaning) - idiom ➜ 交喙

noun:

• women working in military brothels (esp. those forced into prostitution as a form of sexual slavery by the Japanese military during WWII); comfort women [literal] - euphemism ➜ 従軍慰安婦

noun:

• authentic work (as opposed to a fake)

noun:

• drinking at home (as opposed to going out) - slang ➜ 家飲み

noun:

• brandling (when used as fishing bait) ➜ 縞蚯蚓

noun:

• pentagram (as used in divination, etc.)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to wither (esp. plants as winter draws near); to fade; to shrivel ➜ 末枯れる【うらがれる】
• to pass one's prime; to start deteriorating; to begin to decline

noun:

• black sake (presented as an offering to the gods) - archaism ➜ 白酒【しろき】

noun:

• Fujiwara period (esp. used as a period of art history, approx. 894-1185 CE)

expression:

• cute, white, oval face (appearing as if someone glued eyes and a nose on an egg) - obscure term

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to become ready to eat (as a result of steaming)

noun:

• white sake (presented as an offering to the gods) - archaism ➜ 黒酒

noun:

• nuisance mail (such as chain mail, etc.) ➜ いたずら