noun:

• migrating bird (that is just passing through en route to its final destination)

noun:

• flower circle (equiv. of gold star awarded to kids for good work at school) ➜ 二重丸

noun:

• kamikaze taxi (1960s term for taxis that fail to heed traffic regulations) - colloquialism

noun:

• Maruyama vaccine (said to be effective against leprosy, cancer and cutaneous tuberculosis)

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to have one's feet reach the bottom (e.g. when standing in water)

noun:

• Indian song and dance (introduced to Japan by the Chams in approx. 736 CE)

expression:

• on such good terms as to know what each other is thinking - apparently from 通過の仲 - idiom

noun:

• Declaration of Humanity (wherein Hirohito renounced the imperial claim to divinity; Jan. 1, 1946)

noun:

• Atai (post-Taika hereditary title often given to regional administrators) ➜ 国造・姓【かばね】

noun:

• examinatinon with MRI, MRA, etc. to check for aneurysms and other problems - from "brain dry-dock" ➜ 人間ドック

expression:

• without being able to help oneself; against one's will; compelling; pressing; irresistible ➜ 止むに止まれず・止むに止まれない

expression:

• without being able to help oneself; against one's will; compelling; pressing; irresistible ➜ 止むに止まれず・止むに止まれぬ

noun:

• hay-meadow commons
• place (or organization, etc.) from which numerous people hope to benefit

noun:

• ekayana (doctrine that only one teaching, usu. the Lotus Sutra, can lead to enlightenment) - Buddhism term

expression:

• it is easier to blame than do better; instead of resenting others, resent yourself [literal] - proverb

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:

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