noun:

• ninjutsu (fighting art of the ninja); ninja skills in secrecy, stealth and combat techniques - Martial Arts term

noun:

• short end of the stick; short straw; unlucky number; blank; bad bargain

noun:

• seats immediately in front of the stage (e.g. in kabuki); pit; orchestra; parquet

noun:

• cheap literature; writing for amusement
• light literature popular in the late Edo period

noun:

• the three entertainment district enterprises: eating houses, geisha houses, meeting places for assignations, etc.

adjectival noun / ~の noun / noun:

• hottish; salty; somewhat hot; kind of salty; on the dry side
• strict; harsh

noun:

• rail (any bird of family Rallidae, esp. the water rail, Rallus aquaticus)

noun:

• moving picture (i.e. a movie; term esp. used during the silent movie period) - obsolete term

noun:

• Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matters

noun:

• nail hider; nailhead cover; decorative object which conceals the head of a nail - Architecture term

noun:

• endless cycle of rebirth through the three worlds of past, present, and future existences - four character idiom - Buddhism term

noun:

• stratagem for causing a rift in the enemy camp by using a seditious plot - four character idiom

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• of great renown; highly illustrious; at the zenith of one's fame - four character idiom

noun:

• ridge-end tile with the figure of a Shachihoko (e.g. on a castle)

noun:

• Shōkyō era (of the Northern Court) (1332.4.28-1333.5.?); Shōkei era

noun:

• monk; priest, particularly a high-ranking Zen monk honored by the imperial court - honorific language

noun:

• Country of Na (a country that existed within Japan during the Yayoi period)

noun:

• in calligraphy, the four important tools of brush, ink stone, ink stick, and paper - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• great inconvenience; great deal of trouble; big nuisance; royal pain in the behind

noun / ~する noun:

• studying in the morning (by oneself); brief "self-study" period before morning classes begin

noun:

• clownfish (Amphiprioninae spp., esp. the yellowtail clownfish, Amphiprion clarkii); anemone fish

noun:

• Potsdam Conference (Jul.-Aug., 1945 conference regarding the postwar occupation of Germany)

noun:

• CAM plant (any plant, such as the pineapple, that uses crassulacean acid metabolism)

noun:

• member of a (school) club who does not partake in the club's activities - humorous term ➜ 帰宅部

noun:

• Wallace's line (hypothetical line separating the Oriental and Australian zoogeographical regions)