noun:

• Tillandsia (genus of flowering plants in the Bromeliaceae family)

noun:

• Gaultheria adenothrix (alpine shrublet in the Ericaceae family)

noun:

• Reineckea carnea (flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family)

noun:

• Ophiopogon planiscapus (flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family)

noun:

• Maianthemum yesoense (flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family)

noun:

• Liriope minor (flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family)

noun:

• Billiken; pointy-headed charm doll, orig. from the US

noun:

• distinguished professor (unofficial title awarded by the institution itself)

noun:

• women in the sciences; female scientists - abbreviation - colloquialism ➜ 理系女子【りけいじょし】

noun:

• three great people (e.g. of the Meiji Restoration) ➜ 維新の三傑

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving the nest; "becoming independent of one's parents" [figurative] ➜ 巣立つ【すだつ】

noun / ~する noun:

• falling of the yellow leaves and nuts (in autumn)

noun / ~の noun:

• the one before last; two generations, etc. previous

noun:

• direct planting of a cutting in the ground

expression:

• you can't catch the wind with a net - proverb

expression / noun:

• (person who has the) hands of God; master; virtuoso ➜ ゴッドハンド

noun:

• Golden Lion (highest prize at the Venice Film Festival)

noun:

• owning multiple animals (esp. pets of the same kind)

noun:

• the three friends of winter (pine, bamboo and plum)

noun:

• King of the Mountains (cycling, esp. Tour de France) - Sports term

noun:

• member state of the European Union; EU country

noun / suffix noun:

• charge; cost; price
• generation; age; reign
• era - Geology term
• a representative of; on behalf of; for (someone) - after someone's name or title
• used after a phone number to indicate that it is a switchboard number ➜ 代表電話番号

counter:

• counter for decades of ages, eras, etc.
• counter for generations (of inheritors to a throne, etc.)
• proxy application company - abbreviation ➜ 代理申請会社

noun:

• pronoun - used in dictionaries, etc. - abbreviation ➜ 代名詞

expression:

• people don't know themselves as well as they know others; even if you know what will happen to others, you don't know what will happen to yourself; a fortune teller can't tell their own future [literal] - proverb

expression:

• people don't know themselves as well as they know others; even if you know what will happen to others, you don't know what will happen to yourself; a fortune teller can't tell their own future [literal] - proverb

expression / ~する verb (spec.):

• going against one's will; contrary to one's intentions; going against one's desire; going contrary to one's wishes