noun:

• lucky day
• an unspecified day of the month, used on diplomas, proclamations, etc.

noun:

• iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character); ditto mark

noun:

• knot (in rope, etc.); bonds; fetters
• arrest
• rope impressions (on the surface of pottery)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to turn out just as one wished; to play into the hands (of)

expression:

• It is justifiable to kill one (harmful) person to save the lives of many - four character idiom

noun:

• the recovery of lost territory; recovering (regaining) lost ground (one's former position); fence-mending - four character idiom

noun:

• Theaceae; family of flowering plants comprising the camellias and other shrubs and trees

noun:

• Ryakuō era (of the Northern Court) (1338.8.28-1342.4.27); Rekiō era

noun:

• Jōwa era (of the Northern Court) (1345.10.21-1350.2.27); Teiwa era

noun:

• Bunna era (of the Northern Court) (1352.9.27-1356.3.28); Bunwa era

noun:

• Jōji era (of the Northern Court) (1362.9.23-1368.2.18); Teiji era

noun:

• Kakei era (of the Northern Court) (1387.8.23-1389.2.9); Kakyō era

noun:

• Coalition of the Willing (nations who supported America's preemptive strike in Iraq in 2003)

noun:

• Coalition of the Willing (nations who supported America's preemptive strike in Iraq in 2003) ➜ 有志連合

noun:

• cardueline finch (any finch of subfamily Carduelinae, esp. the Eurasian siskin, Carduelis spinus)

godan ~る verb:

• to fabricate (stories) (based on alleged behaviour of the Asahi newspaper); to make up - slang - humorous term

noun:

• Imperial Declaration of Humanity (wherein Hirohito renounced the imperial claim to divinity; Jan. 1, 1946)

noun:

• Shuhari; three stages of learning mastery: the fundamentals, breaking with tradition, parting with traditional wisdom - Martial Arts term

noun:

• lacertid (any lizard of family Lacertidae, esp. the Japanese grass lizard, Takydromus tachydromoides)

noun:

• Achilles argument (i.e. Achilles and the tortoise; one of Zeno's paradoxes) ➜ ゼノンの逆説

noun:

• beriberi ➜ 脚気【かっけ】

noun / ~する noun / ~と adverb:

• tearing off something stuck on the surface of something else (e.g. duct tape) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• moon
• Tsukuyomi (god of the moon in Shinto and mythology)

noun:

• chronixis surgeonfish (Acanthurus chronixis, Western-Pacific species of tang from Kapingamarangi in the Caroline Islands)

noun:

• tasselled wobbegong (Eucrossorhinus dasypogon, sole species of the carpet shark genus Eucrossorhinus) ➜ タッセルドウォビゴン

noun:

• spot-tail shark (Carcharhinus sorrah, species of requiem shark found in the Indo-West Pacific)