noun:

• mythological growth (tumour) that takes the shape of a human face

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to taste and compare several dishes (or foods) of the same type

noun:

• client (of a builder, etc.); person having something built or constructed

noun:

• artistic centrepiece (centerpiece); main component of a display - From English "main objet"

noun:

• cellule; cellula
• small room (esp. with tatami mats)
• floret (of broccoli, etc.)

noun:

• himedaka; gold-colored breed of the Japanese rice fish (Oryzias latipes) ➜ メダカ

noun:

• Trapa incisa (species of plant closely related to the water caltrop)

noun:

• techno-park; technopark; area of high-tech companies, esp. in information technology

noun:

• operation to win over someone by using a tactic of gentle persuasion

expression / interjection:

• O Great God of Arms, I beseech your aid against my enemy - abbreviation ➜ 南無八幡大菩薩【なむはちまんだいぼさつ】

noun:

• Charis; Grace; minor goddess of charm, beauty, etc. - From Greek ➜ 三美神
• chalice (for Holy Communion) - early Japanese Christian term - From Portuguese ➜ 聖杯

noun:

• kabufuda; type of playing cards
• tag verifying merchant guild membership (Edo period) ➜ 株仲間【かぶなかま】

noun:

• foot towel; cloth for wiping the bottoms of one's feet

noun:

• mentsuyu; noodle soup base; mixture of dashi, soy sauce, mirin and sugar - Food term ➜ 返し【かえし】

noun:

• furigana where kana is associated each character of a compound ➜ モノルビ

noun:

• farmland given to nobles of the fifth rank or above (ritsuryo system)

noun / ~する noun:

• preservation of obsolete machinery in a functional condition (e.g. train engines) ➜ 静態保存

noun / expression:

• three kinds of harmful friends: hypocritical, sycophantic, and glib-talking ones (Confucius) - four character idiom Antonym: 益者三友

noun:

• verbal command (in dog training) ➜ 視符
• sound part of a semasio-phonetic kanji ➜ 形声文字【けいせいもじ】

noun:

• protected designation of origin (France); AOC - From French "Appellation d'origine contrôlée"

noun:

• nowcast; prediction of the very near future (esp. one hour weather forecast)

noun:

• hazy curtain of flowers; cherry blossoms appearing from afar like white mist

expression / noun:

• not getting with the times; being unaware of how things are changing - idiom

noun:

• Kumbhanda; demon with large testicles believed to drain people of their vitality - Buddhism term

noun:

• peak of a financial bubble (esp. in Japan around 1990)