noun:

• shawm-like instrument played by street vendors (sometimes referred to as a flute) - From Portuguese "charamela" ➜ 哨吶【さない】

noun:

• The Golden Rule ("do unto others as you would have them do unto you") ➜ 金科玉条

pre-noun adjectival:

• Mother (as in Mother Earth, Mother Nature, etc.) ➜ 母なる自然

noun:

• the four great civilizations of the world (China, Babylon, India and Egypt as put forward by Chinese scholar Liang Qichao in 1900)

noun:

• staggered terms (applied to corporate directors as a defensive measure against hostile takeovers)

expression:

• The world is a scene of constant changes (as a mulberry field changing into a blue sea). - Chinese legend - four character idiom

noun:

• collecting rocks and mineral specimens (as a hobby) - From English "stone hunting"

noun:

• true parrot (esp. small parrots such as the parakeet, lory and conure)

noun:

• younger pupil (under the same master as oneself); new disciple

noun:

• location awareness (as in a system or device)

noun:

• number of revolutions (i.e. as an engine speed); number of rotations; speed of revolution; speed of rotation

noun:

• wild species (as opposed to domesticated species)

noun:

• heterosexual male (as viewed by homosexual males) - from non-ケ (気) - male language - slang ➜ ゲイ・その気【そのけ】

noun:

• genuine kaya (as opposed to imitation kaya) ➜ 榧【かや】・新かや【しんかや】

noun:

• mahoraga (protectors of Buddhism depicted as giant serpents) - Buddhism term

noun:

• alundum (material made of fused aluminum usu. used as an abrasive)

noun:

• the four great civilizations of the world (China, Babylon, India and Egypt as put forward by Chinese scholar Liang Qichao in 1900)

adjectival noun / noun:

• being average (capacity, looks) (as good as anyone); mediocrity

adjective:

• black with hints of blue (as in a bruise); bluish black

noun:

• picture painted by hand; painting (as opposed to a woodblock print); original painting; original drawing

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to introduce oneself; to announce oneself (e.g. as the person sought); to come forward (e.g. as a witness, with a claim, etc.)

adjectival noun:

• local; localized (as in pain or anesthesia); regional

noun:

• light spot (e.g. blip on radar); always-on pixel (as a defect in LCD screens, etc.); calescence point

noun / ~の noun:

• watercolor; transparent watercolor (as opposed to gouache); aquarelle