noun:

• Great Kobe earthquake of 1995 (the epicenter was located on Awaji island) ➜ 阪神大震災

noun:

• Maitreya (buddha appearing 5.67 billion years after the death of Gautama) - Buddhism term ➜ 弥勒・前仏

noun:

• double election (e.g. of the lower and higher chambers) ➜ 同時選挙

noun:

• bonnethead (Sphyrna tiburo, species of hammerhead shark found in the Western Hemisphere)

expression:

• time when moles transform into quails (second climate of the third month) ➜ 七十二候

noun:

• action taken to soften the impact of something - From English "one cushion"

noun:

• Oreochromis; genus of tilapiine cichlids in the fish family Cichlidae

noun:

• Elatostema umbellatum var. majus (variety of plant related to the nettles)

noun:

• Japanese sweets in the form of long blocks (e.g. yokan, uiro)

noun:

• decorated pottery container for storing the bones of one's ancestors (Okinawa) - called じ〜しか〜み or じ〜しが〜み in Okinawa ➜ 厨子

noun:

• five gates of mindfulness: worship, praise, vows, observation, prayers for the dead - Buddhism term

noun:

• Moro; Muslim inhabitant of the Philippines ［モロ］

adverb:

• conspicuously; openly - colloquialism
• completely; entirely; perfectly; wonderfully - colloquialism

adjectival noun:

• temporary (of medical care); pallative; dealing only with the symptoms; symptomatic - Medicine term
• superficial

noun:

• high-ranking staff member in the Office of Court Ladies (ritsuryo system) - archaism

noun:

• water warts; molluscum contagiosum; viral infection of the skin - colloquialism - Medicine term ➜ 伝染性軟属腫

noun:

• life of the party; inspiring person; (an) inspiration - From English "mood maker"

noun:

• Liujiang man; one of the earliest modern humans found in East Asia

noun:

• United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands (1950-1972); USCAR ➜ 琉球列島米国民政府

noun:

• himedaka; gold-colored breed of the Japanese rice fish (Oryzias latipes) ➜ メダカ

noun:

• Trapa incisa (species of plant closely related to the water caltrop)

noun:

• foot towel; cloth for wiping the bottoms of one's feet

noun:

• nowcast; prediction of the very near future (esp. one hour weather forecast)

expression / noun:

• not getting with the times; being unaware of how things are changing - idiom

noun:

• New Year's ceremony in which a hoe is used to break ground in a field lying in a lucky direction ➜ 鍬入れ

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

• stylish; smart; fashionable
• high collar ➜ ハイカラー
• hair dressed in a western style

~する noun:

• to dress in the latest Western fashion