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

noun:

• the five Ws and one H (who, what, when, where, why and how)

noun:

• infectious disease; plague; epidemic - esp. 疫病み - archaism
• ague; intermittent fever; the shakes; malarial fever (old name) - esp. 瘧 - archaism

expression:

• one never knows (what will happen); there's no telling (what the future holds)

noun:

• C ration; canned wet ration formerly used by the U.S. military - Military term

noun:

• marriage in which a man is adopted into the bride's family; matrilocal marriage ➜ 婿入り婚

noun:

• carnivorous female; predatory woman; aggressive woman who take the initiative in relationships with men ➜ 草食系男子【そうしょくけいだんし】

noun:

• carnivorous female; predatory woman; aggressive woman who take the initiative in relationships with men ➜ 肉食系女子【にくしょくけいじょし】

expression:

• not knowing what to do with the time one has on one's hand - unorthodox form ➜ 間が持てない

expression / adjective:

• knowing how to swim with the tide; being good at dealing with things ➜ 要領がいい【ようりょうがいい】

noun:

• the four most important tournaments in a particular sport; grand slam tournaments; majors

noun / expression:

• another world; enchanted land; joy from drinking and forgetting about the workaday world

noun:

• former Christian (forced to apostatize during the Edo period); fallen Christian