noun:

• politician (or someone otherwise engaged in politics); statesman

noun:

• educational facility established in affiliation with a government agency

noun:

• right hook (e.g. in boxing, etc.)

noun:

• left hook (e.g. in boxing, etc.)

noun:

• vinegar and soy sauce mixed in roughly equal proportions ➜ 合わせ酢

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• sudden and unexpected (as in a person's death)

noun:

• economic boom due to special procurements, esp. in wartime

noun:

• pescatore (used in reference to Italian dishes with seafood) - From Italian

noun:

• chicken skin (e.g. in cooking) - esp. とりかわ - obscure term
• bird skins - esp. ちょうひ

noun:

• ball girl (as in tennis) ➜ ボールボーイ

expression:

• in contrast to (one's, its) appearance

noun:

• moa (extinct, flightless bird formerly found in New Zealand)

noun:

• moa (extinct, flightless bird formerly found in New Zealand) ➜ モア

noun:

• gap (in a mountain ridge)

noun:

• low hit (e.g. in baseball or golf)

~の noun:

• downhill

noun:

• yunluo (10 small gongs mounted in a wooden frame)

noun:

• hidden character (e.g. in computer games) - IT term

noun:

• electoral quota (e.g. in a proportional representation system)

~する noun:

• getting stuck in a rut; becoming stereotyped ➜ マンネリ

noun:

• (in gagaku) scale similar to Dorian mode on B

adverb / ~と adverb:

• lightly; nimbly; with agility - onomatopoeia ➜ ひょいと
• casually; readily; regularly; in succession - onomatopoeia

noun:

• dwarf bamboo (varieties that thrive in western Japan)

noun:

• lord (hereditary title for imperial descendants in outlying regions) - archaism ➜ 姓【かばね】

noun:

• auxiliary actions (in Jodo: recitation, observation, worship, praise & offering) - Buddhism term ➜ 浄土宗

noun:

• spotlight bulb (e.g. in interior lighting)