noun:

• aureole (of a Buddhist statue; surrounding the body but not the head); aureola

noun:

• the three tones of Chinese that exclude the high-level, or first, tone

expression:

• one thing after another; out of the frying pan and into the fire - idiom

noun:

• woman bestowed with the title "in" (usu. the empress, imperial princesses, etc.) - honorific language ➜ 院

noun:

• incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion ➜ 序でに

noun:

• nut (on the head of a shamisen, supporting the second and third strings) - obscure term ➜ 上駒

noun:

• Western medicine (as introduced to Japan by the Dutch during the Edo period)

noun:

• style of drawing the human face, popular in the Heian period

noun:

• cutting off the leg at the knee (form of punishment in ancient China) - archaism ➜ 五刑

noun:

• cutting off the leg at the knee (form of punishment in ancient China) - archaism - obscure term ➜ 剕

noun:

• water left in buckets on the roadside during the summer for travellers

noun:

• ceremony honouring the spirits of ancestors (esp. the Bon festival) ➜ 霊祭【れいさい】・盂蘭盆

noun:

• eisa (Okinawan folk dance that marks the end of the Bon festival)

noun:

• Panthalassa; vast global ocean during the late Paleozoic and the early Mesozoic periods

noun:

• street with tramline; railroad track
• railroading the opponent straight out of the ring - Sumo term ➜ 電車道相撲

noun:

• hairdresser's room in the residence of the shogun or a noble - archaism

noun:

• private constitutional drafts prepared before the adoption of the Meiji Constitution in 1889

noun:

• hoverboard; hover board; fictional hovering skateboard from the Back to the Future series

noun:

• cutting off the head
• shaping the flowers and leaves of a plant

noun:

• province of the second highest rank (ritsuryo system)
• provinces close to the capital

noun:

• being driven to the wall; finding oneself between the devil and the deep blue sea; finding oneself between a rock and a hard place - four character idiom

noun:

• two books on the art of war in ancient China; the secrets (essence) of the art of war; secrets of successful life; precepts for living - four character idiom

expression / adverb:

• just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; in the time it takes to say "ah!" [literal]

adjectival noun / noun:

• dissatisfaction with the work (role) given to one; feeling oneself above the given work (role)
• not up to the task; (being) out of one's depth - colloquialism ➜ 力不足【ちからぶそく】

noun:

• person or organization (esp. yakuza) in charge of solving problems caused by subordinates - slang
• member of a biker gang driving behind the rest (in charge of keeping the police away from the other members) - slang ➜ 暴走族