noun:

• snowrose (Serissa japonica); tree of a thousand stars; Japanese boxthorn

noun:

• (Confucian) scholar retained by a feudal lord or daimyo

noun:

• adlay (Coix lacryma-jobi var. ma-yuen); Job's tears; coixseed; tear grass; adlai ➜ 数珠玉

noun:

• white gem - obscure term ➜ 白玉【しらたま】

noun:

• silk or leather container for paper handkerchiefs, medicine, toothpicks, etc. ➜ 鼻紙袋

noun:

• papier-mache

noun:

• pelvic fin; ventral fin

adjectival noun:

• embryonic; embryonal

noun:

• eight-sided shape; octagon

noun:

• release internal power - Martial Arts term

expression:

• with great caution; gingerly

noun:

• half the amount

noun:

• reflecting telescope

noun:

• school for samurai children

expression / adverb:

• brazenly; unabashedly - colloquialism

expression / noun:

• tip of one's nose

noun / ~する noun:

• giving thanks

noun:

• pince-nez glasses; pince-nez; nose glasses
• Groucho glasses - colloquialism

noun:

• hell's mountain of needles - Buddhism term

noun / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• bright white (esp. for snow and ice); brilliant white

noun:

• Adiantum monochlamys (species of maidenhair fern)

noun:

• storehousebush (Cudrania tricuspidata); mandarin melon berry; silkworm thorn; cudrang

noun:

• naked flame; naked light

noun:

• alarm bell

noun:

• luminescent bacteria