noun:

• infectious disease originating overseas entering the country through an infected traveller or goods

noun / ~の noun:

• woman who missed the chance of getting married (because one is too old)

noun:

• Eucommiaceae (monotypic plant family containing only the hardy rubber tree) ➜ 杜仲

noun:

• Wednesday - abbreviation ➜ 水曜日
• shaved ice (served with flavored syrup) ➜ 氷水
• water (fifth of the five elements) ➜ 五行

noun:

• outline of a solitary fish (as seen through the water when fishing, etc.)

noun:

• twenty-eight mansions of Chinese astronomy (constellations dividing the ecliptic into 28 positions)

noun:

• (printed) itinerary
• road map; program (for the solution of a political problem, etc.) ➜ ロードマップ

noun:

• 33 sacred places in the Kanto Region (which was previously known as Bandou) ➜ 三十三所

noun:

• Malta fever (variety of brucellosis caused by the bacteria Brucella melitensis)

noun:

• caddisfly; caddis fly (any moth-like insect of the order Trichoptera)

noun:

• hog (esp. a wild boar, but also including the domesticated pig) - archaism

noun:

• Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld) (travelers); Ksitigarbha; Jizo ➜ 菩薩

noun:

• spermaceti (waxy substance found in the head cavities of sperm whales)

noun:

• lightsaber; lightsabre; fictional weapon from the Star Wars films

noun:

• (in Japan) 2nd note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. D sharp) ➜ 十二律・大呂

noun:

• schistosomiasis japonica (form of bilharzia caused by the Oriental blood fluke Schistosoma japonicum) ➜ 日本住血吸虫

noun:

• schistosomiasis japonica (form of bilharzia caused by the Oriental blood fluke Schistosoma japonicum) - obscure term ➜ 日本住血吸虫症

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.

noun:

• Chinese "Hairy Head" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Pleiades; Seven Sisters ➜ 昴

noun:

• summer greeting card; inquiry after someone's health in the hot season ➜ 暑中見舞い

noun:

• group of buzzards (etc.) rising in an updraft (before the southward autumn migration)

noun:

• Law for the Protection of Personal Information Retained by Independent Administrative Institutions (2003)

noun:

• Kobo Daishi is always with me (written on the hats of Shikoku pilgrims) ➜ 四国遍路

expression:

• better safe than sorry; one should err on the side of caution - proverb

noun:

• ornamental doorway (in the raised area of a shoin-style reception suite) ➜ 書院造り