noun:

• superalloy
• Chogokin; line of die-cast metal robot and character toys sold by Popy

noun / ~する noun:

• woman or girl who acts cute by playing innocent and helpless - derogatory term - slang ➜ ぶる

noun:

• finishing touch; completing (something) by executing the final, critical step - four character idiom

noun:

• gidayū ballad drama (narrative accompanied by a shamisen used in the bunraku puppet theater) ➜ 義太夫

noun:

• hunt (where the hunting area is surrounded on four sides by hunters)

noun:

• useless employees (shunted off by a window to pass their remaining time until retirement)

noun / ~する noun:

• persuading by heavy-handed methods
• (in aesthetics) refinement; purification; elimination of non-essential elements

noun:

• seeds
• producer-driven solutions; ideas, products, services, etc. proposed by a company to consumers

noun:

• era at the end of 1970s dominated by grand champion Wajima and ozeki Takanohana - Sumo term ➜ 貴輪時代

noun:

• era at the end of 1970s dominated by grand champion Wajima and ozeki Takanohana - Sumo term

noun:

• small high-pitched Japanese drum or taiko with its head pulled taut by ropes ➜ 太鼓

noun:

• moyamoya disease (rare, progressive cerebrovascular disorder caused by blocked arteries in the basal ganglia)

noun:

• requesting the testimony of an unsworn witness (who is not bound by perjury law)

noun:

• holiday traffic congestion caused by people travelling to their hometowns en masse

noun:

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

noun:

• grand purification ceremony (so-called because it was overseen by the Nakatomi family) - archaism ➜ 大祓

noun:

• complete state ownership of land and citizens (proclaimed by the Taika reforms) (Ritsuryo period) ➜ 私地私民

noun:

• polite Japanese as used by young part-time employees in restaurants, etc. - derogatory term ➜ バイト・敬語

noun:

• curtained sleeping platform in shinden-style residences (used by people of high rank)

noun:

• erection of a pillar by sinking it directly into the ground

noun:

• weight-loss diet accompanied by meticulous notes about when and what one has eaten - abbreviation ➜ レコーディングダイエット

noun:

• geisha; woman who entertains (e.g. by playing the shamisen) for her living - obscure term ➜ 歌妓

noun:

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

noun:

• seven boarding schools established in Kyoto by noble families during the early Heian period ➜ 大学別曹

noun:

• double-lined fusilier (Pterocaesio digramma)
• Taiwan (nickname)
• Takasago (classic noh play by Zeami)