noun:

• walking stick (any insect of order Phasmatodea); walkingstick; stick insect; leaf insect

noun:

• earthen walls (of fortification); earthwork; embankment

expression / noun:

• official history (e.g. a state-sanctioned account of history subject to revision when the government changes)

noun / ~する noun:

• temporary suspension (of business); brief shutdown

noun:

• Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - Astronomy term ➜ 胃

noun:

• explanatory notes (at the start of a book); introductory remarks; usage guide (e.g. of a dictionary)
• legend (on maps, drawings, etc.) ➜ キャプション

noun:

• Mt Sumeru (in Buddhism - said to be the highest mountain rising in the center of the world) (centre)

noun:

• vyakarana (assurance of future enlightenment) - Buddhism term

noun:

• hydrilla (species of aquatic plant, Hydrilla verticillata)
• Papenfussiella kuromo (species of brown algae)

noun:

• dumplings offered to the moon (on the 15th day of the 8th month and the 13th day of the 9th month)

noun:

• home page (of WWW site) - IT term

noun:

• sarangi (violin-like instrument of Indian origin) - From Hindi

noun / ~する noun:

• returning to a club (one was formerly a member of) - colloquialism - obscure term

noun:

• super spreader (carrier of a viral disease who spreads the virus to a large number of other people)

noun:

• Tsushima marten (Martes melampus tsuensis, a subspecies of the Japanese marten) ➜ 貂

noun:

• Imperial New Year's Lectures (ceremony in which the emperor and members of the imperial family Their Majesties listen to expert lectures in the fields of human, social and natural sciences)

noun:

• bryophyte (any of three groups of non-vascular land plants, incl. mosses, hornworts and liverworts) ➜ コケ植物

noun:

• Tsushima cat (variety of leopard cat, Prionailurus bengalensis euptailurus)

noun:

• dharmalaksana (dharma characteristics, the specific characteristics of all manifest phenomena) - Buddhism term ➜ 法性
• Hosso sect of Buddhism - abbreviation ➜ 法相宗

noun:

• spangle (species of black swallowtail butterfly, Papilio protenor)

noun:

• inner offerer (any of the 10 high-ranking monks serving at the inner offering hall) - abbreviation ➜ 内供奉

interjection:

• buh-boo (from sound of 'wrong' buzzer in quiz shows, used when somebody says an incorrect answer) - colloquialism Antonym: ピンポン

noun:

• Shisui Faction (of the LDP)

noun / adjectival noun:

• height (of summer, party, etc.); (in) full swing

noun:

• woody parts (of plant); xylem