noun:

• cere; skin at the base of a bird's beak

noun:

• original poster (of a web-forum thread); OP ➜ トピ

noun:

• Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights; TRIPS

noun:

• alpha geek (var. of computer nerd) - IT term

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be a matter of life or death

noun:

• Nagata-chou (Japan's political center; equiv. of Downing Street)

expression:

• term of abuse about someone's looks, etc.

noun:

• giant elephant ear (species of taro, Colocasia gigantea)

noun:

• paying a tribute; contribution; presentation of something to an aristocrat

pronoun:

• I, as a mere priest; this humble servant of Buddha

noun:

• flag (esp. originally a flagpole-topping streamer made of feathers)

noun:

• February and August (times of slow business, sluggish sales, etc.)

expression:

• no man can resist the lure of a woman - proverb

expression:

• don't trust strangers; always assume the worst (of people) - proverb

noun:

• form of muscular or movement therapy developed by Keizo Hashimoto

noun / ~する noun:

• trying of a crime; conviction - obscure term
• condemnation to death by beheading

noun:

• Voigt element (combination of spring and viscous damper)

noun:

• roguelike (genre of computer game with typically ASCII graphics) ➜ ローグライク

noun:

• annual turning off of lights, etc. - From English "light down"

noun:

• act of visiting a Shinto shrine or Buddhist temple

noun:

• Tulipa edulis (species of tulip with an edible bulb)

noun:

• Chinese dunce cap (species of succulent plant, Orostachys iwarenge)

noun:

• Thalictrum minus var. hypoleucum (variety of lesser meadow rue)

godan ~る verb:

• to lose population (e.g. of active forum members, etc.) - slang - IT term

noun:

• bylaw or ordinance for the purpose of implementing gender equality