noun:

• arrow with a whistle attached; whistling arrow used to signal the start of battle ➜ 嚆矢

noun:

• rail (any bird of family Rallidae, esp. the water rail, Rallus aquaticus)

noun:

• moving picture (i.e. a movie; term esp. used during the silent movie period) - obsolete term

noun:

• Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matters

noun:

• nail hider; nailhead cover; decorative object which conceals the head of a nail - Architecture term

noun:

• endless cycle of rebirth through the three worlds of past, present, and future existences - four character idiom - Buddhism term

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• of great renown; highly illustrious; at the zenith of one's fame - four character idiom

noun:

• ridge-end tile with the figure of a Shachihoko (e.g. on a castle)

noun:

• catalogue with the entire works of one artist (used to check authenticity); catalogue raisonne - From French

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to fail one step short of great success; to fall at the last hurdle - idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• resultative (refers to a conjunction where what follows is a result of the preceding)

noun:

• Shōkyō era (of the Northern Court) (1332.4.28-1333.5.?); Shōkei era

noun:

• monk; priest, particularly a high-ranking Zen monk honored by the imperial court - honorific language

noun:

• Country of Na (a country that existed within Japan during the Yayoi period)

noun:

• game of (blindfolded) tag similar to the children's swimming pool game "Marco Polo"

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to wet the lips of a dying person; to attend someone's last moments

expression:

• not knowing what to do with the time one has on one's hand

noun:

• arm (esp. upper arm) - archaism

counter:

• counter used to measure the thickness of round objects

expression:

• good medicine tastes bitter; the most helpful advice may be difficult to listen to - proverb

noun:

• clownfish (Amphiprioninae spp., esp. the yellowtail clownfish, Amphiprion clarkii); anemone fish

noun:

• Potsdam Conference (Jul.-Aug., 1945 conference regarding the postwar occupation of Germany)

noun:

• CAM plant (any plant, such as the pineapple, that uses crassulacean acid metabolism)

noun:

• ancient Shinto (as practiced prior to the Introduction of Confucianism and Buddhism to Japan)

noun:

• Wallace's line (hypothetical line separating the Oriental and Australian zoogeographical regions)

noun:

• (metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto)
• the centre or seat (of) (center)
• (government) office