noun:

• schistosomiasis japonica (form of bilharzia caused by the Oriental blood fluke Schistosoma japonicum) ➜ 日本住血吸虫

noun:

• schistosomiasis japonica (form of bilharzia caused by the Oriental blood fluke Schistosoma japonicum) - obscure term ➜ 日本住血吸虫症

noun:

• Law for the Protection of Personal Information Retained by Independent Administrative Institutions (2003)

noun:

• being-for-others (philosophical term used by Hegel and Sartre (etre-en-soi))

noun:

• ura-nage (in judo, an over-the-head throw performed by rolling backwards) - Martial Arts term

noun:

• way of sitting by placing both knees on the ground and standing upright

noun:

• type of conical hat that covers the whole head (used by Komuso monks) ➜ 笠・虚無僧

noun:

• curtained sleeping platform in shinden-style residences (used by people of high rank) ➜ 寝殿造り・帳台

noun:

• ceremony performed by Chinese merchants disembarking in Nagasaki (Edo period) - obscure term

noun:

• long cloak worn by soldiers, students, etc. (Meiji period)

noun:

• entertaining people by serving tea (esp. in the Obaku school of Zen) - archaism

noun / ~と adverb / ~たる adjective:

• large pile of rocks
• open-heartedness; not being bothered by unimportant things ➜ 磊落

noun:

• racketeering by interceding in civil disputes and threatening the use of violence - abbreviation ➜ 民事介入暴力

noun:

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

noun:

• biopower; Foucault's term for the regulation by modern states of their subjects

noun:

• TeX; typesetting system designed and mostly written by Donald Knuth - IT term

noun:

• ceremonial tasting of wedding cake by bride and groom - From English "first bite"

noun:

• 1585 edict by Toyotomi Hideyoshi which banned war between feudal lords in Japan

noun:

• goalkeeper - abbreviation - Sports term ➜ ゴールキーパー
• goal kick - abbreviation - Sports term ➜ ゴールキック
• joint party (e.g. by students from several colleges) - abbreviation - slang ➜ 合コン

expression / noun:

• thanking another driver by flashing one's hazard lights - colloquialism - From English "thank you hazard"

expression / ichidan verb:

• to take a stab at arousing someone's interest - idiom
• (for a shrine maiden) to present water to spirits while invoking them
• to offer water before a grave

noun:

• yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer
• grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow) - obsolete term
• failing to win a single hand during a half-game - Mahjong term

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to take a rest under a tree; to rest in the shade of a tree

noun / ~する noun:

• bringing up a matter; discussion; debate; submission (e.g. a measure); referral (e.g. bill to a committee); placing (e.g. item on an agenda)

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to find a clear solution; to come to a clean decision; to give a clear explanation
• to divide