expression:

• no matter how lovingly raised, a foster child is not actually one's biological child - proverb - obscure term

noun:

• gargoyle - obscure term ➜ ガーゴイル

noun:

• equity ownership in electricity output - obscure term

noun:

• hydrologic cycle; water cycle - obscure term ➜ 水循環

expression:

• interesting; meaningful - obscure term Antonym: 味気ない【あじけない】

noun:

• heartbreaking story; tragic tale - obscure term

noun:

• relative; person to whom one is close - obscure term

ichidan verb:

• to explain - obscure term

noun:

• protective shield (in children's games); immunity - children's language - obscure term

noun / ~する noun:

• smoking - obscure term

noun:

• wedge marks in stone (usu. remaining from stone-splitting, now used for visual effect) - obscure term ➜ 矢【や】

ichidan verb:

• to strip (the head of a screw, bolt, etc.); to wear out - obscure term

noun:

• oil paint - obscure term

noun:

• small castle with a simple earthen-walled moat - obscure term - archaism

noun:

• telemeter - obscure term ➜ テレメーター

noun / ~する noun:

• indulging in pleasure; giving oneself up to enjoyment - obscure term

noun:

• counterguard (fortification) - obscure term

noun:

• servant - obscure term

noun:

• nervous breakdown; neurosis; sickness from anxiety - obscure term

noun:

• wife; woman - derogatory term - obscure term
• prostitute; streetwalker - obscure term

~の noun:

• contorted; convoluted - obscure term

noun:

• evening fish market - obscure term ➜ 魚河岸【うおがし】

noun:

• Japanese linden (Tilia japonica) - obscure term ➜ 科の木【しなのき】

expression:

• How could I (you, etc.) ...?; How dare you (they, etc.) (have the nerve to) ...? - obscure term ➜ どの面下げて【どのつらさげて】

noun:

• coal tower - obscure term