noun:

• Aldebaran (star in the constellation Taurus); Alpha Tauri - Astronomy term

noun:

• Honshu (largest of the four main islands of Japan)

noun:

• Capella (star in the constellation Auriga); Alpha Aurigae - Astronomy term

noun:

• indulgence (in the Catholic Church) ➜ 免罪符

noun:

• Altair (star in the constellation Aquila); Alpha Aquilae - Astronomy term ➜ アルタイル

noun:

• nasal sound change (generation of the mora 'n', primarily from verb stems ending in 'i') - Linguistics term ➜ 促音便

noun:

• coin (esp. an east Asian coin, many of which have a hole in the center)

noun:

• (in the midst of) busyness

noun:

• protohistory (the period between prehistory and history)

godan ~す verb:

• to cut off (the head)

noun:

• Buddhist decoration engraved with various motifs, often made from gilt copper (e.g. for adorning the inner shrine of a temple) - Buddhism term

noun:

• fenestra rotunda (of the ear)

noun:

• tree frog (esp. the Japanese tree frog, Hyla japonica)

noun:

• rice polishing (removing the shell of brown rice to leave white rice)

noun:

• king (of the junior player) - Shōgi term

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to demonstrate (e.g. in the streets)

noun:

• spookfish (Hydrolagus mitsukurii, species of cartilaginous fish from the Northwest Pacific)

noun:

• White Army (any of the armies that opposed the Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolution)

noun:

• supporter (e.g. of the arts); adherent; proponent

noun:

• colophon (at the end of a book); imprint; publication information

noun:

• dip (of the compass)

noun:

• banded houndshark (Triakis scyllium, found in the northwest Pacific from southern Siberia to Taiwan)

noun:

• aperture ratio (inverse of the f-number); relative aperture ➜ Ｆナンバー

noun:

• chemical symbols (for the elements)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)