noun:

• focal point of a lens in front of the subject ➜ ピント

noun:

• arrow wheel (decorative windmill on the pole on which carp streamers are raised) ➜ 鯉幟

noun:

• tathagatagarbha (buddha-womb, the potential within all living things to become a buddha) - Buddhism term

noun:

• drum; croaker (any fish of the family Sciaenidae)
• Nibe croaker (Nibea mitsukurii)

noun:

• Japantown (esp. historical Japantowns in Southeast Asia founded in the 16th-17th centuries)

noun:

• Japantown (esp. historical Japantowns in Southeast Asia founded in the 16th-17th centuries) ➜ 日本人町

noun:

• hoolock gibbon (either of the two gibbons in genus Hoolock)

noun / ~の noun:

• Cambrian system (i.e. rock layer deposited during the Cambrian period)

noun:

• Di (ancient Chinese ethnic group)
• Chinese "root" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿・蒼竜【そうりょう】

noun:

• guardian deity of the three jewels (Buddha, Dharma and Sangha) - Buddhism term ➜ 三宝
• three-person saddle

noun:

• Imperial Shrine of Special Status (receiving some support from the Imperial Household Department) - obsolete term ➜ 官幣社

noun:

• agency (government department between a ministry and a bureau under the ritsuryo system) ➜ 律令制

noun:

• (in hanafuda) a collection of the rain and three non-rain light cards ➜ 花札

noun:

• type of sushi with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on the rice - Kansai dialect ➜ 五目寿司

noun:

• ground wave; terrestrial broadcast signal (i.e. not satellite)

~の noun:

• terrestrial; over-the-air

noun:

• occupation period (e.g. post-WWII period during which the Allies occupied Japan)

expression / noun:

• demonym; name used to refer to the residents of a country, region, etc.

expression:

• I don't care what follows; the future will take care of itself - proverb

expression:

• you don't appreciate the value of good health until you lose it - proverb - obscure term

noun:

• slip-guard (on one side of the body of a shamisen)

noun / ~の noun:

• desire for improvement (in social standing, etc.); ambition to rise in the world

noun:

• mouth shaped like a kana "he" character; mouth turned down at the corners ➜ への字に結んだ口

expression / noun:

• mouth shaped like a kana "he" character; mouth turned down at the corners

noun:

• half-assed gyaru; young woman who partially adheres to the gyaru fashion trend - from 中途半端 and ギャル - abbreviation - slang ➜ ギャル

noun:

• mangrove (esp. the black mangrove, Bruguiera gymnorrhiza)
• tree with red leaves or flowers