noun:

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

noun:

• a good time to view the moon (i.e. when it is full) - archaism

noun:

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

noun:

• fare box; place where one puts the money required to ride public transportation

noun:

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

noun:

• "No." (Zhaozhou's answer to the koan "Does a dog have Buddha nature?") - Buddhism term ➜ 狗子仏性

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to change the subject (e.g. away from something awkward or inconvenient)

noun:

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

noun:

• receiving agent services; over the counter payment accepted through convenience stores

noun:

• waiting (e.g. at the stage door) for performers or celebrities to exit - slang ➜ 入り待ち

noun:

• whitespotted bambooshark (Chiloscyllium plagiosum); white-spotted catshark (species from the Indo-West Pacific)

noun:

• thin leather with gold patterns (introduced from Europe during the Edo period)

noun:

• confections adopted from Portugal, Spain, etc. during the Muromachi period and since Japanized ➜ カステラ・ボーロ・コンペイトー

noun:

• man who causes the weather to become sunny when he gets out ➜ 雨男

noun:

• woman who causes the weather to become sunny when she goes out ➜ 雨女

noun:

• alcohol or sake drunk during the meal (as opposed to aperitifs, digestifs, etc.)

noun:

• Osteichthyes; class comprising the bony fishes (and sometimes their descendants, i.e. tetrapods)

noun / ~する noun:

• prostration; placing knees, hands and forehead on the ground to show utmost respect - Buddhism term

noun:

• person who administered religious rituals within the dazaifu jurisdiction (ritsuryo system) - archaism ➜ 大宰府【だざいふ】

noun:

• monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; non-human primate

noun:

• merchant guild entrusted by the shogunate to manage its respective trade (Edo period)

noun:

• isocheim; isochime; isochryme; map contour connecting points with the same mean winter temperature

expression / noun:

• the last remaining piece (which people are reluctant to take for themselves) - Ōsaka dialect

noun / ~する noun:

• prostration; placing knees, hands and forehead on the ground to show utmost respect - Buddhism term ➜ 五体投地【ごたいとうち】

noun:

• imperial palace
• capital; metropolis
• Keijou (name given to Seoul during the Japanese occupation) ➜ ソウル