noun:

• Christmas; Nativity ➜ キリスト降誕祭【キリストこうたんさい】
• celebration of the birthday of a saint or great man

expression / noun:

• more or less right; you are on the right track; getting warm ➜ いい線行く

noun:

• larger whales of family Delphinidae (esp. the pilot whales or blackfish)

noun:

• word root (the smallest portion of a larger word that holds meaning)

noun:

• alaya-vijnana (store consciousness, consciousness forming the base of all human existence) - Buddhism term

noun:

• the god of foodstuffs (esp. of rice)

noun:

• Tsushima marten (Martes melampus tsuensis, a subspecies of the Japanese marten) ➜ 貂

noun:

• aurochs (Bos primigenius); urus; extinct ancestor of the modern cow, Bos taurus

noun:

• arum (any plant of the genus Arum, typically having arrow-shaped leaves)

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to proceed in a logical manner; to go through the proper channels

noun:

• Treaty of Rome (treaty establishing the European Economic Community, 1957)

noun:

• Shokuho period (i.e. the Azuchi-Momoyama period, approx. 1568-1600 CE) ➜ 安土桃山時代

noun / ~する noun:

• two people using the same (vehicle) (often two on a bike)

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to go through the motions; to do something for form's sake

noun:

• birch tree (esp. the Japanese white birch, Betula platyphylla var. japonica)

noun:

• murrelet (esp. the ancient murrelet, Synthliboramphus antiquus)
• roundbelly cowfish (Lactoria diaphana)

noun / ~する noun:

• giving rise to the desire to save all sentient beings - Buddhism term
• praying; prayer

noun:

• pent roof (below the true roof of a pagoda, etc.)

noun:

• head monk in charge of the administrative section of a zendo (Zen) - Buddhism term ➜ 禅堂

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to rock the left hand (to produce vibrato on a koto, etc.) - archaism

noun:

• anthropological argument (one of Descartes' ontological arguments for the existence of God)

expression:

• it's tactless to state the obvious; that's best left unsaid

noun:

• slip-guard (on one side of the body of a shamisen) ➜ 胴掛け

expression:

• (in the work) cited; aforementioned work; op. cit. (opere citato, opus citatum)

noun:

• miscellany (classification of Japanese poetry unrelated to the seasons or to love)