noun:

• rustic tea house made out of a thatched hut

noun:

• Nationalist Government (of China; i.e. under the Kuomintang) ➜ 中国国民党

adverb:

• sound of something making firm contact with a flat surface - onomatopoeia ➜ ぺたぺた

noun:

• Machaerina rubiginosa (species of tropical sedge) ➜ アンペラ

expression:

• wearing light clothes for the sake of fashion

noun:

• shredded kombu
• Kjellmaniella gyrata (species of kelp)

noun:

• Chinese muntjac (species of barking deer, Muntiacus reevesi) - obscure term ➜ キョン

noun:

• regional pickle of Kyoto made from turnip-like vegetable

noun:

• writing style in the manner of an imperial edict

noun:

• factory worker with a fixed term contract of employment

noun:

• Queen Mother of the West (an ancient Chinese goddess)

noun:

• idol (i.e. carving or painting of a deity)

noun:

• roguelike (genre of computer game with typically ASCII graphics) ➜ ＠系

noun:

• special tile that doubles the score of any hand - Mahjong term

noun:

• second adding of charcoal to the fire (tea ceremony) ➜ 後炭

noun:

• first adding of charcoal to the fire (tea ceremony)

noun:

• rest for the lid of a teakettle (tea ceremony)

noun:

• flying dragon (any gliding lizard of genus Draco)

noun:

• fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (disease of the connective tissue); FOP

noun:

• type of yellow carrot grown in Okinawa ➜ 金美人参・人参

noun:

• using two different chopsticks together (a breach of etiquette)

noun:

• Prunus persica var. densa (Chinese variety of peach) ➜ 唐桃

noun:

• Japanese Association Of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (JASDAQ)

noun:

• peppermint stick (species of perennial evergreen, Alpinia japonica)

noun:

• Rubus palmatus var. coptophyllus (specific variety of raspberry)