noun:

• Islamic State; IS; Islamic State of Iraq and Syria; ISIS; Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant; ISIL

noun:

• Kintaro; hero boy of Japanese folklore, who befriended animals and had supernatural strength - childhood name of late-Heian warrior Sakata no Kintoki
• Kintaro doll (usu. having a plump red face, carrying an axe, and wearing a red apron)
• diamond-shaped apron

noun:

• Protectorate General; Han- and Tang-period Chinese office established to pacify and control peoples on the frontier (during the Tang period, six major Protectorate Generals were established) ➜ 都護・西域都護府・安東都護府・安南都護府・安西都護府・燕然都護府・単于都護府・北庭都護府

noun:

• box-and-whisker plot; box-and-whisker diagram; box plot; boxplot - Mathematics term

expression:

• paper lanterns and temple bells (esp. as an example of two things looking similar on the outside, but of a completely different nature); (like) chalk and cheese; you can't judge a book by its cover - obscure term ➜ 月と鼈【つきとすっぽん】

~の noun:

• so and so; such and such

adverb / ~する noun:

• so and so; such and such

noun:

• imperial portrait; photograph of the incumbent Emperor and Empress distributed to schools between 1890 and the end of the Second World War
• portrait or photo of a person of high rank - honorific language

noun / ~する noun:

• selection (esp. from many people for an important job position); exceptional promotion

adverb:

• absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another

noun:

• shochu made from sake lees
• low-quality moonshine (esp. post-WWII); hooch (hootch)

noun:

• dizziness (from standing up too fast); orthostatic syncope; lightheadedness; vertigo

noun:

• popularly accepted "on" reading of a kanji (as opposed to those derived from Chinese)

noun:

• indirect kiss (e.g. drinking from a cup someone has just used)

noun:

• immobiliser (electronic device that prevents an automobile engine from running without the key); immobilizer

adverb:

• absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another ➜ 片っ端から

noun:

• hay-meadow commons
• place (or organization, etc.) from which numerous people hope to benefit

noun:

• scalpel sawtail (Prionurus scalprum, species of tang found from Japan to Taiwan)

noun:

• longnose butterfly fish (Forcipiger flavissimus, species of butterflyfish from the Indo-Pacific); forcepsfish

noun:

• curtain separating a central room from the aisles around it (in palatial-style architecture) ➜ 母屋【もや】・庇

noun:

• low door used in bathhouses to prevent the hot water from cooling (Edo period)

noun:

• striped cotton fabric imported from Sao Tome, also copied in Japan

noun:

• one step away from fishing (i.e. needing two more tiles for completion) - Mahjong term ➜ 聴牌

noun:

• top-quality sake brewed from rice grains milled to 50% of weight or less ➜ 精米歩合【せいまいぶあい】

noun:

• starting the new school year from autumn (instead of spring); autumnal admission; fall matriculation