noun:

• University Entrance Qualification Examination (establishes the equivalent of high-school graduation prior to 2005) - abbreviation ➜ 大学入学資格検定

noun:

• University Entrance Qualification Examination (establishes the equivalent of high-school graduation prior to 2005) ➜ 高校卒業程度認定試験

noun:

• scalpel sawtail (Prionurus scalprum, species of tang found from Japan to Taiwan)

noun / prefix noun:

• China (sometimes also used in ref. to Korea or other foreign countries) - archaism

noun:

• increase in digit (e.g. if we add 2 to the number 9)

noun:

• black foxface (Siganus niger); species of rabbitfish endemic to Tonga

noun:

• room arranged for the summer (by removing screens and doors to improve air flow) ➜ 襖【ふすま】・障子

noun:

• small western mirror with mercury added to the glass (Edo period) ➜ 和鏡

noun:

• being drawn to something one loves; amorous passion - Buddhism term
• Ragaraja (esoteric school deity of love) - abbreviation ➜ 愛染明王

noun:

• corridor connecting an annex to a pond-side building (in traditional palatial-style architecture) ➜ 中門・寝殿造り

noun:

• corridor connecting an annex to a pond-side building (in traditional palatial-style architecture) ➜ 中門・寝殿造り

noun:

• low door used in bathhouses to prevent the hot water from cooling (Edo period)

noun:

• Forgive me for dispensing with the preliminaries, but I hasten to inform you that... - opening formula of a brief letter

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• interesting (person, personality, manner); tasteful; pleasantly different; charming

expression:

• to have an interest (in something)

noun:

• Acanthopanax sciadophylloides (species of flowering plant related to the aralias)

noun:

• top-quality sake brewed from rice grains milled to 50% of weight or less ➜ 精米歩合【せいまいぶあい】

noun:

• southern Japanese hemlock (species of conifer native to Japan, Tsuga sieboldii)

expression / noun:

• a long way off; matter for the future; not going to happen anytime soon

noun:

• 17C male hairstyle (shaved forehead, chignon, sideburns thinned to the size of a thread)

expression / noun:

• superior; boss; higher-up
• them (as opposed to "us")
• person above; upstairs neighbour (neighbor)

noun:

• group dating; gathering for young people to socialize with the opposite sex ➜ コンパ

noun:

• detailed written report; formal account (of steps taken in response to an incident, etc.)

noun:

• cash gift from local government to the elderly (often on 77th and 88th birthdays)

noun:

• device that plays a melody or flushing sound to mask excretion sounds ➜ 音姫

noun:

• denied freedom (of how to live one's life); living like a caged bird [literal] - four character idiom