noun:

• master inventor; king of inventors (e.g. Edison)

noun:

• Hominoidea; superfamily of apes and humans

noun / ~する noun:

• remission; improvement; relief (of pain, symptoms, etc.) - Medicine term

noun:

• Monotremata; order of egg-laying mammals

noun:

• Soricomorpha; order of shrews, moles, etc.

noun:

• Viridiplantae; subkingdom of green algae and land plants

noun:

• Ochotona hyperborea yesoensis (subspecies of northern pika)

noun / expression:

• schadenfreude; pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others - short for 他人の不幸で今日も飯がうまい - vulgar - slang - abbreviation

noun:

• old people's talk; sociolect of the elderly - Linguistics term

noun:

• round dumpling (made of rice flour, etc.) - obscure term

noun:

• time of setting (sun, moon, etc.)

noun:

• vinegar simmered with a little bit of salt - Food term

noun:

• mixed writing of literary Japanese and Chinese

noun:

• Japanese word constructed of elements from foreign languages ➜ 和製英語

noun:

• Twelver Shiism; branch of Shia Islam

noun:

• Sevener Shiism; branch of Shia Islam ➜ イスマーイール派

noun:

• Teimon school (of haikai, founded by Matsunaga Teitoku)

expression / adjective:

• old-fashioned (in one's way of thinking)

noun:

• reek of liquor in one's breath

noun:

• retirement at the behest of one's employer ➜ 肩たたき

noun:

• first page of a renka or renku ➜ 連歌・連句

noun:

• eleventh day of the month
• eleven days

noun / ~する noun:

• first shrine visit of the New Year ➜ 初詣

noun:

• small face (of a woman; generally considered attractive)

noun / ~する noun:

• renewing oneself; changing one's way of thinking