noun:

• single kanji conversion (in an Input Method)

noun:

• eighteen centers of Buddhist learning (of the Pure Land sect in the Kanto region) ➜ 浄土宗・関東

noun:

• strong-smelling edible plant (esp. perennials of the family Liliaceae, e.g. Welsh onion, garlic, wild rocambole, etc.) - archaism

noun:

• assistant director (in taking professional movies)

noun:

• Nichiren sect of Buddhism (sometimes specifically referring to the Hokke school of Nichiren)
• Tendai sect of Buddhism

noun:

• (enter into, be in) a state of war

noun:

• Komura Faction (of the LDP)

noun:

• Shikoku pilgrimage (to the 88 temples); Shikoku pilgrim ➜ 四国巡礼

adjectival noun:

• (of a branch heavily laden with fruit, etc.) drooping; bending

noun:

• Sakurajima daikon (the largest variety of radish in the world)

noun / ~する noun:

• springing up (in clusters); mushrooming; being highly productive

noun:

• waiting (e.g. at the stage door) for performers or celebrities to exit - slang ➜ 入り待ち

noun / ~する noun:

• soar (e.g. in price); jump; boom; sudden ride

noun:

• subversion (of the state)

noun:

• Eviota japonica (species of pygmy goby found in Japanese waters)

noun:

• activist (in a political movement); crusader (e.g. for women's rights)

~と adverb / adverb:

• whistling (of the wind); blowing
• fluttering (in the wind); waving; flapping; flying
• tottering; staggering
• aimlessly; wandering about; roaming
• aloof from the world; easygoing; transcendental; detached

noun:

• decorated flip-flops (esp. in Okinawa) ➜ ゴム草履【ゴムぞうり】・ビーチサンダル

noun:

• magnet school (public school offering special instruction in order to attract a more diverse student body)

noun:

• blowhole (cavity in a metal casing)

expression:

• time when moles transform into quails (second climate of the third month) ➜ 七十二候

noun:

• yellow hornet (Vespa simillima xanthoptera, subspecies of the Japanese hornet, Vespa simillima) ➜ 毛深雀蜂【けぶかすずめばち】

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• wide open (as in land); vast

noun:

• praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis) - occ. written 杜父魚

noun:

• vacuole (esp. in an animal cell) ➜ 液胞