noun:

• normalization; offering people with disabilities the same conditions as other people

noun:

• violet (any flower of genus Viola, esp. the Fuji dawn, Viola mandshurica)

expression:

• quick to take a hint; very responsive; quick on the uptake ➜ ツーカー

noun:

• yunwei (secondary vowel or consonant following the primary vowel of a Chinese character)

noun:

• Three Alls Strategy; Japanese scorched earth policy during the second Sino-Japanese War - 三光 is a ref. to a Chinese phrase meaning 'kill all, burn all, loot all'

particle:

• a sort of thing like; used after a phrase to modify the following noun

expression:

• losing oneself; on top of the world; walking on air; frivolous - idiom

expression:

• it is difficult to say which of the two is better

expression / ichidan verb:

• to remain faithful to the memory of one's husband and never remarry

expression:

• we meet only to part; meeting is the first step to parting [literal] - proverb

expression / noun:

• perseverance prevails; three years on a (cold) stone (will make the stone warm) [literal] - proverb

noun:

• arrow wheel (decorative windmill on the pole on which carp streamers are raised) ➜ 鯉幟

noun:

• tathagatagarbha (buddha-womb, the potential within all living things to become a buddha) - Buddhism term

noun:

• drum; croaker (any fish of the family Sciaenidae)
• Nibe croaker (Nibea mitsukurii)

noun / ~の noun:

• Cambrian system (i.e. rock layer deposited during the Cambrian period)

noun:

• Di (ancient Chinese ethnic group)
• Chinese "root" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿・蒼竜【そうりょう】

noun:

• Imperial Shrine of Special Status (receiving some support from the Imperial Household Department) - obsolete term ➜ 官幣社

noun:

• agency (government department between a ministry and a bureau under the ritsuryo system) ➜ 律令制

noun:

• type of sushi with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on the rice - Kansai dialect ➜ 五目寿司

noun:

• ground wave; terrestrial broadcast signal (i.e. not satellite)

~の noun:

• terrestrial; over-the-air

noun:

• occupation period (e.g. post-WWII period during which the Allies occupied Japan)

expression / noun:

• demonym; name used to refer to the residents of a country, region, etc.

expression:

• I don't care what follows; the future will take care of itself - proverb

expression:

• you don't appreciate the value of good health until you lose it - proverb - obscure term

noun:

• slip-guard (on one side of the body of a shamisen)