noun:

• deathbed adoption of a successor (to prevent extinction of the family line); person adopted by someone on his deathbed - four character idiom

noun:

• (a) study (e.g. in music, art, sculpture, etc.); etude; practice piece

noun:

• simple chicken and rice stir fry dish (usu. flavoured with ketchup or tomato pure) - Food term - From English "chicken rice"

noun:

• split election (where two or more candidates from the same party stand)

noun:

• ceremony for appointing officials other than ministers (from the Heian period)

noun / ~の noun:

• odd lot (e.g. in share purchase or sale)

noun:

• two-storied pagoda (with a square base, pent roof and a round top) ➜ 裳階

noun:

• Hangul language (improper neologism for the Korean language) ➜ 韓国語

noun:

• sound shift (esp. in historical kana); new pronunciation - Linguistics term

noun / ~する noun:

• (the privilege to have) an audience (with one's lord, a dignitary, etc.); interview (with one's superior)
• one's debut (first) appearance; debut (of a new product, work of art, actor, etc.)
• trial service (of a servant)

noun:

• divine hearing (one of the six supernormal Buddhist powers) - Buddhism term ➜ 六神通

noun:

• brown hagfish (Eptatretus atami, species found in Japan)

expression / ~よい adjective:

• comfortable (to live in); snug; cosy; cozy

noun:

• tricolored monitor (Varanus yuwonoi, species of carnivorous monitor lizard from Halmahera Island in North Maluku, Indonesia); Moluccan black-backed monitor

noun:

• dental calculus (calcified deposits that accumulate on the teeth); tartar (of the teeth)

noun:

• Chinese-style vegetarian cuisine (popular in the Edo period)

noun:

• Zanclus (sole genus of the family Zanclidae containing the moorish idol as its sole extant species)

noun:

• membranous labyrinth (of the inner ear); membraneous labyrinth

noun:

• oil palm (esp. the African oil palm, Elaeis guineensis)

expression / ~よい adjective:

• comfortable (to live in); snug; cozy; cosy

noun:

• brute force approach (esp. in a video game) - colloquialism

noun:

• ability score (as in RPGs); attribute value

noun:

• god of fire (in Japanese mythology, usu. Kagutsuchi no Kami)

noun:

• liatris (esp. the dense blazing star, Liatris spicata); blazing star - From Latin

noun:

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

suffix / counter:

• counter for fish, shrimp, etc.