noun:

• portmanteau word; combination of two words (often first half of one, second half of another) ➜ 混成語

noun:

• combating organized crime; elimination of criminal gangs

noun:

• Supreme Court (until 1947); Great Court of Cassation

noun:

• paleography; the study of ancient writings

noun:

• Twenty-Five Histories; authoritative collection of twenty-five Chinese historical books (the Twenty-Four Histories and the New History of Yuan) ➜ 二十四史

expression:

• the child is father to the man; the soul of a child of three (is the same) at 100 [literal]

noun:

• Centrolenidae; family of frogs

noun:

• primary school kanji; list of 1,006 kanji studied in primary school ➜ 教育漢字

noun:

• emptiness is form; illusion of the reality of matter - four character idiom - Buddhism term ➜ 色即是空

noun / ~する noun:

• turning against one's master; returning evil for good

noun:

• clerical appearance; appearance of a priest - Buddhism term
• teachings of Buddha; condition of the universe at creation; in the pure land teachings, the name of Amitabha, or prayers to Amitabha; investiture of a Buddhist priest

noun:

• two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets of paper - ateji for "ream"; also written as 嗹
• stanza; verse - also written as 聯
• tribe (in taxonomy) - Biology term
• quinella; quiniela - abbreviation ➜ 連勝式

suffix noun:

• party; company; group; set

counter:

• counter for things strung in a line, e.g. pearls, dried fish, spans of a bridge, etc. - also written as 聯
• counter for falcons - obsolete term

noun:

• Chimaeridae; family of shortnose chimaeras, cartilaginous fish with short round snouts

noun:

• Garibaldi damselfish (Hypsypops rubicundus, damselfish found from Monterey Bay California to Guadalupe Island Baja California); official state marine fish of California

noun:

• protracted war; war of attrition

noun:

• uneducated bumpkin; resident of ancient Sichuan

noun:

• straw-wrapped item; bundle of straw (containing a food item, etc.) ➜ 藁苞
• local produce; souvenir; present; gift ➜ 土産【みやげ】

noun:

• HPV test; test for human papilloma virus

noun:

• Paraechinus; genus of hedgehogs

noun / ~する noun:

• gold mining; extraction of gold

noun / ~する noun:

• serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of

noun:

• versatility; multiplicity of use

noun:

• cold sharp sword; blade of ice - archaism

noun:

• ineptitude and inaction; being incapable of devising any appropriate measures to cope with the situation - four character idiom

noun:

• treetop; tip of a branch ➜ 梢