noun:

• cow spot pattern (as on the hide of a cow); cow-skin pattern

noun:

• Pulitzer (as in Pulitzer Prize)

noun:

• class library (as in C++) - IT term

noun:

• Way of the Five Pecks of Rice (ancient Chinese Daoist movement later known as The Way of the Celestial Masters) ➜ 天師道

noun:

• (person treated as a) plaything

noun:

• clear and serene (as a polished mirror and still water) - four character idiom

noun:

• monkey brain (eaten as a delicacy, medicine, etc.) - obscure term

noun:

• bloodworm (Halla okadai, species of eunicid worm used as fishing bait) ➜ 揺蚊
• red mite (Trombicula akamushi); chigger mite; harvest mite ➜ 恙虫

noun:

• unlucky direction (in Onmyōdō; due to the presence of a god such as Ten'ichijin) - archaism ➜ 陰陽道・天一神・方違え

noun / adverbial noun:

• last time (as of now); never again ➜ これ切り
• only this

noun:

• nylon track suit (when worn as street fashion) - slang ➜ シャカパン

noun / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• rattle-rattle; rustle-rustle; whisper-whisper; squiff-squiff - onomatopoeia

noun:

• young female TV announcer (who also frequently functions as a television talent doing on-location fluff pieces for variety shows) - abbreviation ➜ アナウンサー

noun / ~の noun:

• arsenic (As)

noun:

• (as small as a) cat's forehead ➜ 猫の額

noun:

• smoking (esp. as a means of preserving food)

noun:

• kanji (esp. used as phonetic symbols); man's handwriting - archaism ➜ 万葉仮名・女仮名

noun:

• bojutsu (art of using a stick as a weapon); cudgels

noun:

• trehalose (used in foods as a sweetener, stabilizer and flavor enhancer) (stabiliser) (flavour)

noun:

• flunitrazepam (hypnotic drug formerly marketed as Rohypnol); roofies (flunitrazepam used as a date-rape drug)

noun:

• Way of the Celestial Masters (ancient Chinese Daoist movement orig. known as The Way of the Five Pecks of Rice) ➜ 五斗米道

noun:

• footwear (esp. outdoor shoes, as opposed to slippers, etc.); footgear

noun:

• sitting on the floor grasping one's knees (as in a gym class)

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• very much out in the open (as in a information)

noun:

• publicness (degree to which a particular action will affect society as large); public nature; commonality

noun:

• Dynastic period (the Nara period and esp. the Heian period, characterized by the rule of the emperor as opposed to shogunate) ➜ 武家時代