noun:

• etalon (optical element with parallel surfaces used to increase the coherent length of a laser)

noun:

• nasal sound change (generation of the mora 'n', primarily from verb stems ending in 'i') - Linguistics term ➜ 促音便

expression / adverb:

• one more; another; the other ➜ 今一つ【いまひとつ】
• not quite ➜ 今一つ【いまひとつ】
• close run; just falling short of success

noun:

• Yamataikoku; historical Japanese state thought to have existed during the late Yayoi period

noun:

• harvesting rice while it is still green
• recruiting of university students before the agreed date ➜ 青田買い【あおたがい】

noun:

• (of a website) being delisted or censored by the Google search engine

noun:

• off-flavor; bitterness or other unpleasant taste that detracts from the flavour of a drink

noun:

• person who pushily takes charge when cooking a hot pot at the table; hotpot boss [literal] - humorous term

noun:

• romanization (representation of foreign words using the Roman alphabet); romanized spelling

noun:

• Potsdam Declaration (July 26, 1945 statement establishing the terms of a Japanese surrender)

noun:

• oval pad with two long strips tied underneath the obi to make it look fuller

noun:

• implements used to enhance the effect of a play (e.g. props, costumes, etc.)

noun:

• day in the near future when a major event is expected to occur - colloquialism - From English "X-day"

noun:

• Asteraceae; Compositae; family of flowering plants comprising the asters, daisies, sunflowers, etc. ➜ 菊

noun:

• Ming & Xing-era Chinese music (as popularized in Japan before the First Sino-Japanese war) ➜ 清楽・明楽

noun:

• (in China) 9th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. A sharp) ➜ 十二律・鸞鏡
• seventh lunar month

noun:

• (in China) 5th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. F sharp) ➜ 下無・十二律
• third lunar month

noun:

• case that something major happens; event of an emergency; when it comes to the crunch

noun:

• Enkianthus perulatus (species of flowering plant in the Ericaceae family)

~する noun:

• shutting yourself out of your car with the key left inside - From English "in key"

expression:

• in wine there is truth; being under the influence doesn't change our true character - proverb

adverb:

• at the mercy of (e.g. wind, waves); (act) as one is told (by) - in form 〜のまにまに ➜ ままに

noun:

• Harriotta (genus with two species of long-nosed chimaeras in the family Rhinochimaeridae)

noun:

• Neoharriotta (genus with three species of long-nosed chimaeras in the family Rhinochimaeridae)

noun:

• Rhinochimaera (genus with three species of long-nosed chimaeras in the family Rhinochimaeridae)