noun:

• box for shipping seafood (usually made of styrofoam)

noun:

• coloured curtains hanging from the eaves of a Buddhist temple

noun:

• Burakumin (modern-day descendants of Japan's feudal outcast group)

noun:

• irregular conjugation (inflection, declension) of the verb "kuru"

noun:

• irregular conjugation (inflection, declension) of the verb "kuru" - abbreviation ➜ カ行変格活用

noun:

• Gothic Lolita (type of teenage fashion) - From English ➜ ゴスロリ

noun:

• the four stages of existence: birth, life, death, and limbo - Buddhism term

adverb:

• with a single flash of light; glitteringly; sparklingly; twinklingly - onomatopoeia

noun:

• championship; defense (e.g. of a position in debate); apologetics

expression / auxiliary adjective:

• always; forever - after the -te form of a verb ➜ 止む
• very; greatly (esp. of hopes and desires)

noun / ~の noun:

• stirrup (bone of the ear); stapes

noun:

• isinglass; gelatin made from swim bladders of fish

noun:

• area where a string of nuclear power plants are located - four character idiom

noun:

• eye of a needle
• hole ［針孔］ - dialectal ➜ 穴【あな】

noun:

• closed shop system (employment of only union members) ➜ オープンショップ制

noun:

• one run of a television series - From English "one cours" ➜ クール

noun:

• two runs of a television series - From English "two cours" ➜ クール

noun:

• the sound of one hand clapping (a classic Zen koan) ➜ 公案

noun:

• corpus spongiosum (body of penile erecile tissue surrounding the urethra)

noun:

• crane fly; daddy longlegs (insect of family Tipulidae)

noun:

• Tamias sibiricus lineatus (subspecies of Siberian chipmunk native to Hokkaido)

noun:

• Coleoptera (the order of insects containing beetles)

noun:

• Ornithischia (order of herbacious dinosaurs with bird-like pelvic structures)

noun:

• nakiri bocho, var. of Japanese knife used for cutting vegetables

expression:

• act with restraint and conform to the ways of etiquette - archaism ➜ 克己復礼