noun:

• good offices; auspices; sponsorship; help; assistance
• village official (during the Edo period)

noun:

• matching dice; doublets
• bet on two horses in the same bracket
• repdigit; monodigit - Mathematics term

expression / adjective:

• completely helpless; unable even to drive away the flies on one's own head - idiom

noun:

• soft, crumpled, unlacquered headwear (often worn by soldiers under their helmets from the Kamakura period onward) ➜ 烏帽子

noun:

• Newtonian telescope (having a secondary mirror at 45 degrees, reflecting light into the eyepiece)

noun:

• small knife that is largely ornamental or used to cut open letters and the like ➜ 小刀

noun:

• Japanese Western-style envelope (opening on the long dimension; numbered 0-7, each with different sizes)

noun / ~する noun:

• obtaining items such as books, CDs and DVDs before the date they officially go on sale - abbreviation - From English "flying get" ➜ フライングゲット

noun:

• thinly cut hemp or paper mixed with rice (scattered as an offering to the gods) - archaism

noun:

• homophone; word with the same pronunciation and similar meaning as another but a different written form

noun:

• rapid pace at which the information technology field moves - From English "dog year"
• dog's ear ➜ ドッグイヤ

noun:

• petty official responsible for collecting public gossip and presenting it to the king (in ancient China) ➜ 稗史

noun:

• orthographical variants; words with the same pronunciation and meaning, but different written forms; spelling inconsistency

noun:

• yoko-shiho-gatame (judo hold in which the opponent's shoulders and hips are pinned) - Martial Arts term

noun:

• rotating stage machinery, which rolls backwards 90 degrees to reveal the next scene

noun:

• bi (ancient Chinese artifact; flat jade or glass disc with a circular hole in the centre)

noun:

• small toy bow that can be shot while sitting, popular in the Edo period

noun:

• constellation (in ancient China; important constellations were then used to divide the ecliptic into 28 "mansions") - obscure term ➜ 星宿【せいしゅく】

noun:

• Osaka Incident; plot by Oi Kentaro and the Liberal Party to support a Korean uprising, 1885

noun:

• announcement calling for someone (e.g. "would XX please come to the ticket counter")

noun:

• paper put between newly completed prints to prevent the ink from smudging; interleaf; slip sheet

expression / noun:

• Rumble in the Jungle; Foreman vs. Ali boxing match, Oct. 30, 1974; Kinshasa Miracle [literal]

noun:

• last death anniversary for which there is a memorial service held (usu. the 32nd or 49th) - Buddhism term ➜ 弔い上げ

noun:

• ABCD encirclement; embargoes against Japan by America, Britain, China, and the Dutch starting in 1940

expression / noun:

• person who has lost something they used to rely on; a monkey fallen from the tree [literal] - idiom