noun:

• National Institute of Health Sciences; NIHS

noun:

• simple type of clothing consisting of a large piece of cloth with a hole in the middle for the head

noun:

• eradication of (sources of) evil; laying the ax to the root of evil - four character idiom

noun:

• various forms of arts (e.g. acrobatics, magic, puppetry, sarugaku acrobatics performance) ➜ 猿楽【さるがく】
• miscellaneous songs popular from the end of the Heian period to the Kamakura period ➜ 歌謡

noun / ~する noun:

• change of one's family name

noun:

• changed family name

noun:

• number of hits

noun:

• tip of a brush or pen; (force of a) writing style

noun:

• bring an immediate result on; have an instant effect on - four character idiom

noun:

• train derailment due to a concurrence of causes

noun:

• start of text; STX - IT term

expression / noun:

• first sunrise of the year; sunrise on New Year's Day

noun / ~する noun:

• evasion of the law; circumvention of the law

noun:

• report of (one's) research; research paper

noun:

• mother-of-pearl

noun:

• ambulatory evening vendor of noodles (or the noodles themselves)

noun / ~する noun:

• delivery of a vehicle (to its new owner)

noun:

• assessed value of land

noun:

• temper pattern of a sword blade

noun:

• last day of March; last day of the third lunar month (marking the end of spring)

noun:

• truths of the cessation of suffering and of the way to the cessation of suffering - Buddhism term ➜ 道諦・滅諦

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• out of contact; contactless (usually used to describe contactless cards)

noun:

• passing of years; lapse of time; aging; ageing

noun:

• a style of Chinese poetry; legend or inscription on a picture

noun / ~する noun:

• smuggling oneself out of a country ➜ 密入国

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】