noun / ~の noun:

• dullness (esp. of the skin); lack of luster; dirt; soil; contamination

noun:

• Chinese "Hairy Head" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Pleiades; Seven Sisters ➜ 昴

noun:

• skua (any bird of family Stercorariidae, incl. the jaegers)
• pomarine jaeger (Stercorarius pomarinus); pomarine skua

noun:

• five residences for court ladies (in the inner Heian Palace) ➜ 後宮

noun:

• Gospel of Matthew (book of the Bible) ➜ マタイ福音書

noun:

• wale (on the skin); welt; weal

noun:

• attitudinal expression (indicating the speaker's respect, contempt, etc. for the listener or the person being discussed)

noun:

• Eviota partimacula (species of pygmy goby found in the Marshall Islands)

noun:

• Trimma sheppardi (species of goby found in the Indo-West Pacific)

noun:

• Apristurus (genus of catshark in the family Scyliorhinidae known as ghost or demon catsharks)

noun:

• silvertip shark (Carcharhinus albimarginatus, a requiem shark found throughout the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans)

noun:

• new Zaibatsu (formed after the Meiji period) ➜ 財閥

noun:

• yellow jersey (awarded to the winner of the Tour de France, etc.) - From French "maillot jaune"

noun:

• winning by opponent's resignation (in the game of go)

noun:

• dazaifu (under the ritsuryo system, governmental office with jurisdiction over Kyushu, Iki and Tsushima) ➜ 律令制

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to rub in (e.g. cream into the skin)
• to grind and mix (e.g. pepper into miso)

noun:

• stick used to drive off birds (during the New Year's procession) - archaism ➜ 鳥追

noun:

• moyamoya disease (rare, progressive cerebrovascular disorder caused by blocked arteries in the basal ganglia)

noun:

• draining blood from a live fish (from above the gills and at the base of the tail) to keep it fresh ［いきじめ］ ➜ 活け締め【いけじめ】
• fasting fish for several days to preserve flavour and quality (and reduce mortality during transport) - esp. いきしめ ➜ 活け締め【いけじめ】
• killing fish in a fishtank (immediately before cooking); fish killed in a fishtank - esp. いきしめ ➜ 活け締め【いけじめ】

expression:

• financially ruining oneself by overindulging in food and drink (as a fabled tendency of the people of Osaka) ➜ 京の着倒れ・食い倒れ

noun:

• Festival of Emperor Jimmu (formerly held annually on April 3rd, the supposed day of his death)

noun:

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

noun:

• cow spot pattern (as on the hide of a cow); cow-skin pattern

noun:

• Hypogaleus (genus whose sole member is the blacktip tope, Hypogaleus hyugaensis, a hound shark of the family Triakidae)

noun:

• distilled alcohol (sometimes added in the production of sake)