noun:

• wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)

noun:

• woman who is obsessed with the education of her children

noun:

• gomokuzushi wrapped in a thin layer of fried egg

noun:

• rapid economic growth (esp. that of Japan in the post-WWII period)

prefix:

• indicates the target of an activity; -ee (e.g. employee, examinee, trustee)

noun:

• long "o" vowel arising from combination of the "a" and "u" sounds

noun:

• structure of an artwork; pictorial design
• pictures inserted in a book

noun:

• repeat of a deuce (in tennis, etc.) - usu. as ジュースアゲーン, アゲーンワン, etc. - From English "again"

adverb:

• again

noun:

• (logical) conversion (transposition of subject and predicate to form a new proposition)

noun:

• Gonista bicolor (species of grasshopper resembling the Oriental longheaded locust) ➜ 精霊飛蝗

noun:

• larger whales of family Delphinidae (esp. the pilot whale or blackfish) - sometimes read ごんどうくじら - obscure term ➜ 巨頭鯨

noun:

• web-spinner (any insect of order Embioptera, esp. family Oligotomidae)

noun:

• uroboros; ouroboros (image of a serpent or dragon swallowing its own tail)

noun:

• chrome green (pigment made of chromium oxide, Cr2O3)

~と adverb / ~たる adjective:

• towering; lofty - archaism
• standing out without the influence of others; in splendid isolation

noun:

• round-necked robe worn by members of nobility and the imperial court

noun:

• small block of wood used to clean one's buttocks after defecating

noun:

• sleight of hand (e.g. in magic tricks) - From English

noun:

• yukhoe (Korean dish of seasoned raw beef topped with an egg yolk) - From Korean

noun:

• dasabhumi (forty-first to fiftieth stages in the development of a bodhisattva) - Buddhism term

noun:

• degenerative eye disorder caused by cloudiness in front of the pupil - obscure term ➜ 底翳

noun:

• any bird of family Motacillidae (excluding the pipits) - obscure term ➜ 鶺鴒
• lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus) ➜ 時鳥

noun:

• Edo-period popularized blend of Buddhist, Shinto and Confucian ethical teachings (popularised) ➜ 心学

noun:

• 33 temples in the Kinki area containing a statue of Avalokitesvara

noun:

• blankety-blank; bleep; used in place of sensitive word (often sexually related) - sometimes also **, ○○, etc. - manga slang ➜ 伏せ字