noun:

• Bhaishajyaguru triad; image of Bhaishajyaguru Buddha flanked by the Bodhisattvas Suryaprabha and Candraprabha - Buddhism term

noun:

• ball (for sport, games, etc.)
• kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan ［鞠・毬］ ➜ 蹴鞠

noun / ~する noun:

• capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); conquest; attack; assault
• defeating (an opponent)
• attacking (a problem) strategically

noun:

• Japanese puppet theatre in which recited narrative and dialog is accompanied by a shamisen (forerunner of bunraku) ➜ 浄瑠璃・文楽

noun:

• infectious disease which by law a physician must report to the authorities within 24 hours of diagnosis

noun:

• surface rights (i.e. the right to build a house, etc. on land owned by another); superficies

noun:

• player put on starting list to be replaced by another when the opponent's pitcher is known

noun / ~する noun:

• killing oneself by jumping (e.g. from a tall building); plunging to one's death

noun:

• diseases specified by the Japanese government as being worrisome, having no known treatment and of unknown causes

noun:

• "New Nessie" (unidentified sea creature discovered by Japanese trawler Zuiyo Maru in 1977)

noun:

• crime committed together by two or more people (in which each is known as a co-principal)

noun:

• Promide (product name for bromides released by Marubell); bromide (publicity photograph of a movie star, entertainer, etc.) ➜ ブロマイド

noun:

• Hanlon's razor ("Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity") - obscure term ➜ オッカムの剃刀

noun:

• costumed mascot character (oft. devised for PR purposes by local governments, government departments, etc.) ➜ キャラ・緩い

noun:

• stock exchange member who facilitates trading by matching buy and sell orders (similar to an NYSE specialist) - Ōsaka dialect ➜ 才取会員

noun:

• cornering someone by lying in wait, e.g. for an unexpected interview or photograph; doorstepping - idiom

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• hanging; dangling

noun:

• April Theses; series of directives issued by Lenin after his return from exile

noun:

• stew prepared from ingredients contributed by members of a party, and eaten in the dark for fun ➜ 闇汁

noun:

• stew prepared from ingredients contributed by members of a party, and eaten in the dark for fun ➜ 闇鍋

noun:

• Honnoji Incident; forced suicide of daimyo Oda Nobunaga by his samurai general Akechi Mitsuhide (June 21, 1582)

noun:

• downstage left pillar (on a noh stage), by which the supporting actor introduces himself ➜ 脇【わき】
• doorjamb; jambe; jamb

noun:

• broad-rimmed topless cap worn (esp. by young children) to prevent shampoo getting into one's eyes - trademark of Pip Co., Ltd. - From English "shampoo hat"

noun:

• ABCD line; embargoes against Japan by America, Britain, China, and the Dutch starting in 1940

noun:

• suddenly lifting somebody's face by their chin (in a domineering yet romantic fashion) - colloquialism

noun:

• PET bottle syndrome; insulin deficiency allegedly caused by high consumption of drinks from plastic bottles