noun:

• K-T boundary (between the Cretaceous Period and the Tertiary Period)

noun:

• heloderm (any venomous lizard of genus Heloderma, incl. the gila monster and the beaded lizard)

noun:

• Hydrolagus barbouri (species of cartilaginous fish found in the Sea of Japan and East China Sea)

noun:

• Tsuchimikado Shinto (synthesis of Shinto and Onmyōdō formulated by Yasutomi Tsuchimikado in the mid-Edo period) ➜ 陰陽道

noun:

• textbook approved by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; government-approved textbook

noun:

• variety of sweet potato with red skin and sweet yellow flesh (product of the Kawagoe region)

noun:

• idol (esp. in the philosophy of Francis Bacon: idols of the tribe, cave, market, and theater) - From Latin "idola"

noun:

• prisoner; captive; prisoner of war
• Emishi allied with the Japanese during the Nara and Heian periods ➜ えみし

noun:

• Law Regulating Adult Entertainment Businesses (1948 act, replaced in 1984); Entertainment and Amusement Trades Control Law ➜ 風営適正化法

noun:

• pink fish floss; fish that has been finely shredded, seasoned and colored pink ➜ 田麩【でんぶ】

noun:

• Japan surgeonfish (Acanthurus japonicus, Indo-West Pacific species of tang found from Indonesia to the Philippines and Ryukyu Islands)

noun:

• cheek pouch (monkey, squirrel, etc.)
• iron mask that covers the chin and cheeks (worn by samurai)
• Anadara kagoshimensis (species of ark clam) - abbreviation ➜ 猿頰貝

noun:

• Okinawa (prefecture); region comprising most of Japan's southwestern archipelago (esp. Okinawa Island) ➜ 琉球
• Okinawa (city)

noun:

• dry cough; hacking cough
• intentional cough (i.e. to get someone's attention) - esp. 空咳

noun:

• Heath monitor (Varanus rosenbergi, species of carnivorous monitor lizard found in Australia); Rosenberg's monitor

noun:

• back-right corner of rear stage (area behind main noh stage); stage attendant's spot [literal] ➜ 後見

noun:

• radio equipment; facility that can transmit radio waves (as defined in Japan's radio law)

noun:

• Western style residences built mostly for early foreign settlers during the end of the Shogunate and the Meiji era

expression:

• spare the rod and spoil the child; if you love your children, send them out into the world [literal] - proverb

noun:

• Keien period (between the end of the Russo-Japanese War and the Taisho Political Crisis, approx. 1905-1912 CE)

expression:

• he that fights and runs away may live to fight another day; sometimes you have to lose to win - proverb

noun:

• season when the sky is clear and the air warm (spring)
• first ten days of the fourth lunar month ➜ 卯月

~の noun / adjectival noun / noun / prefix noun:

• raw; uncooked; fresh
• natural; as it is; unedited; unprocessed
• unprotected (i.e. not wearing a condom) - colloquialism
• live (i.e. not recorded)
• inexperienced; unpolished; green; crude
• impudence; sauciness - abbreviation ➜ 生意気
• unpasteurized beer; draft beer; draught beer - abbreviation ➜ 生ビール

prefix:

• just a little; somehow; vaguely; partially; somewhat; half-; semi-
• irresponsibly; half-baked

noun:

• cash - archaism
• tipsiness - abbreviation ➜ 生酔い

adverb:

• again (and again); once again

noun:

• the five eyes (physical eye, heavenly eye, wisdom eye, dharma eye and Buddha eye) - Buddhism term