noun:

• last departure (of a train, bus, etc.); last train; last bus ➜ 始発

noun:

• Kannō era (of the Northern Court) (1350.2.27-1352.9.27); Kan'ō era

noun:

• open shop system (employment of both unionists and non-unionists) Antonym: ユニオンショップ制

noun:

• shell (e.g. of a pea); pod; hull

noun:

• partridge (of genus Perdix)

noun:

• La France pear (var. of French pear); Claude Blanchet pear
• La France rose

noun:

• nasal sound change (generation of geminate consonant, primarily a geminate 't' from vowel stems ending in 'i') - Linguistics term ➜ 撥音便

noun:

• hilt (of a sword); haft (of a dagger); handgrip

noun:

• lucky tea (var. of tea made from sea tangle, black soybeans, pepper, pickled plums, etc. and drunk on festive occasions); New Year tea

noun:

• stepper (device used in the manufacture of integrated circuits)

noun:

• concealment (e.g. of facts); nondisclosure

noun:

• arborio (Italian variety of rice)

noun:

• System V (variety of Unix); System 5 - IT term

noun:

• Northwest Passage (sea route along the north coast of Canada)

noun:

• (knowledge of) first-aid

noun:

• government official (esp. one of low to medium rank); public servant - archaism

noun:

• Purple Forbidden Enclosure (group of constellations in the northern sky associated with the emperor)

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to have to wait (for the realization of something hoped for); to be forced to postpone

noun:

• Lakshmi (consort of Vishnu in Hinduism) ➜ 吉祥天

noun:

• Pallava Dynasty (of India, 7th to 9th century CE)

noun:

• upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching) - honorific language - Buddhism term ➜ 方便
• convenience; suitability; availability

noun:

• oud (lute-like instrument of Arabic origin) - From Arabic "ud"

noun:

• tathata (the ultimate nature of all things) - Buddhism term ➜ 真如

adverb:

• bang bang (sound of a hammer or gunfire) - onomatopoeia
• doing something at a mad pace (spend money, work)

noun:

• clinical condition (of a patient's illness)