noun:

• the three entertainment district enterprises: eating houses, geisha houses, meeting places for assignations, etc.

noun:

• cotyledon; seed leaf (i.e. the first leaves to emerge when a seed sprouts)

noun:

• moving picture (i.e. a movie; term esp. used during the silent movie period) - obsolete term

noun:

• stratagem for causing a rift in the enemy camp by using a seditious plot - four character idiom

noun:

• monk; priest, particularly a high-ranking Zen monk honored by the imperial court - honorific language

expression:

• fools rush in where angels fear to tread; the blind don't fear snakes [literal] - sensitive - proverb

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to take the responsibility (for an action); to carry out in a responsible manner

expression:

• not knowing what to do with the time one has on one's hand

noun / ~する noun:

• studying in the morning (by oneself); brief "self-study" period before morning classes begin

expression:

• good medicine tastes bitter; the most helpful advice may be difficult to listen to - proverb

noun:

• clownfish (Amphiprioninae spp., esp. the yellowtail clownfish, Amphiprion clarkii); anemone fish

noun:

• Lorelei (Loreley); Rhine maiden who lured sailors to their doom
• rock in the Rhine

noun:

• CAM plant (any plant, such as the pineapple, that uses crassulacean acid metabolism)

noun:

• Wallace's line (hypothetical line separating the Oriental and Australian zoogeographical regions)

noun:

• tide pool; rocky place where sea water remains after the tide draws out

expression:

• genius shows from childhood; the Japanese bead tree is fragrant from when a sprout [literal] - proverb

noun:

• skate (Rajinidae spp., esp. the Kwangtung skate, Dipturus kwangtungensis)

noun:

• civil service competitive examination for some positions in the public education system in France - From French "agregation"

noun:

• shiku-kaisei city planning; city renewal that occurred in the Taisho and Meiji eras

adverb:

• a very short while ago; very early (e.g. in the morning)

expression:

• cream rises to the top; a drill in a bag (will always poke through) [literal] - proverb

noun / suffix noun:

• contracted regular payment, e.g. monthly, weekly, etc.; by the (month, week, etc.) ➜ 月極め・日極め

noun:

• Pleiades (in Greek mythology)
• Pleiades; the Seven Sisters - Astronomy term ➜ プレアデス星団【プレアデスせいだん】

expression:

• not distinguishing between what's good and bad; miso and shit are the same [literal] - idiom ➜ 味噌

noun:

• survivability; military term for the ability to withstand an attack and continue to function