noun:

• finelined surgeonfish (Acanthurus grammoptilus, species of Western Pacific tang found in the Philippines, Indonesia and north-western Australia)

noun:

• event where schoolchildren wash their inkstones, brushes and desks the night before Tanabata to pray for success in their studies - obscure term ➜ 七夕

noun:

• Kagutsuchi; fire deity who burned to death his mother Izanami during childbirth (and was therefore beheaded by his father Izanagi) ➜ 伊弉冉尊・伊弉諾尊・軻遇突智・火結神・火之夜芸速男神

noun:

• Kagutsuchi; fire deity who burned to death his mother Izanami during childbirth (and was therefore beheaded by his father Izanagi) ➜ 迦具土神

noun:

• Kagutsuchi; fire deity who burned to death his mother Izanami during childbirth (and was therefore beheaded by his father Izanagi) ➜ 迦具土神

noun:

• mix of peanuts and spicy baked or fried mochi chips in the shape of kaki (Japanese persimmon) seeds - abbreviation ➜ 柿の種【かきのたね】・ピーナッツ・柿ピー【かきピー】

noun:

• mix of peanuts and spicy baked or fried mochi chips in the shape of kaki (Japanese persimmon) seeds - abbreviation ➜ 柿の種【かきのたね】・ピーナッツ・柿ピー【かきピー】・ピー柿【ピーかき】

noun:

• letters from exiled Europeans in Jakarta to their Japanese wives and half-Japanese children (during the Edo period)

noun:

• taking multiple medications; taking medicine and certain foods together or in close proximity (which should be avoided)

noun:

• semi-European-style house; type of Japanese house incorporating Western elements that was made popular in the 1920s and 1930s

noun:

• stopping place for horse-drawn carriages and rickshaws (Edo period); high way resting place
• wholesale rag dealer

noun:

• underpants; pants; briefs; panties; shorts; knickers
• trousers (esp. women's); jodhpurs; breeches; pants; trunks (e.g. swimming)

noun:

• Imperial era; system of counting years from the start of Emperor Jinmu's reign in 660 BC ➜ 神武

noun:

• Coming of Age Day (second Monday in January. Prior to 2000 was Jan 15); Adult's Day

expression:

• talk is cheap; it's easier to say than to do; building Osaka Castle by talking [literal] - proverb

noun:

• being unable to discern good food from bad; poor person's taste (in food); unsophisticated palate - colloquialism

adverbial noun / temporal noun / suffix:

• ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour) ➜ 前【ぜん】
• in front (of); before (e.g. the house)
• head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part
• in the presence of
• helping; portion ➜ 人前【にんまえ】
• privates; private parts

noun:

• moratorium; period of grace; extension (of time, e.g. to make payments); cessation (for a period, e.g. nuclear testing)
• postponement (of social responsibility); immaturity; not having developed emotional maturity; mental state of a young person who does not want to become an adult ➜ モラトリアム人間【モラトリアムにんげん】

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to have an itch to; to have a craving for; to have an urge to; to have a desire for; to be eager to; to want to

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to draw (water, etc.); to scoop up; to pump up; to dip up
• to draw on (ideas) (from subordinates, the public, etc.); to take into account; to adopt

noun:

• race; tribe; ethnic group
• species; genus; family
• stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III) - Astronomy term

noun:

• beginning and end; from beginning to end
• result; outcome; course of events

noun / ~する noun:

• dealing with something successfully

noun:

• rice seasoned with vinegar, sugar and salt, used for preparing sushi; sushi rice - Food term

noun:

• Red Crystal (politically and religiously neutral emblem used by the International Committee of the Red Cross)

noun:

• Red Crystal (politically and religiously neutral emblem used by the International Committee of the Red Cross) ➜ 赤菱