noun:

• drying a futon (by hanging it outside in the sun)

noun:

• Chinese "Extended Net" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - archaism - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿・朱雀【すざく】

suffix / counter:

• counter for objects with stretched strings (i.e. bows, kotos), curtains, papers, etc.

noun:

• three ministries (under the ritsuryo system: Ministries of Civil Services, Health & War) ➜ 律令制
• three departments (in Tang-dynasty China: Secretariat, Chancellory & Dept. of State Affairs)

noun:

• even game (esp. in go)

noun:

• aiming for a lucky break (e.g. in horse racing, betting on an unlikely horse)

noun:

• F layer (of the ionosphere)

noun:

• Nandikesvara (Ganesh in the Buddhist pantheon) - Buddhism term ➜ 歓喜天

ichidan ~ずる verb (alt. form of じる verbs) / intransitive verb:

• to be reflected (in); to be mirrored (in) ➜ 映じる
• to impress (a person) ➜ 映じる

noun:

• court ladies' residence (in the inner Heian Palace) ➜ 五舎

noun:

• going downstream (in a boat)

noun:

• Higashiyama period (cultural and artistic period of the mid-Muromachi) ➜ 室町時代

noun:

• yucca (plant of the lily family) - From Latin

noun:

• pool (in river)

noun:

• harassment (in the workplace) from a position of power; power harassment - abbreviation ➜ パワーハラスメント

noun:

• poisonous algae bloom (often green in color) (colour)

noun:

• tern (esp. the common tern, Sterna hirundo)

noun:

• Liliaceae (the lily family)

noun:

• chopsticks (often written on the paper wrapper)

noun:

• Inshu dialect (spoken in eastern Tottori)

~と adverb / adverb:

• banging around (e.g. in a fight) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• Griffiths' pygmy-goby (Trimma griffithsi, found in the Indo-West Pacific); princess pygmy goby (Trimma marinae, found in Japan, New Guinea and Palau)

noun:

• spotted ratfish (Hydrolagus colliei, a shortnose chimaera found in the Eastern Pacific)

noun:

• Potsdam Declaration (July 26, 1945 statement establishing the terms of a Japanese surrender)

noun:

• sweet potato (any of a number of different cultivars with red skin)

noun:

• spot-tail shark (Carcharhinus sorrah, species of requiem shark found in the Indo-West Pacific)