noun:

• Massacre of the Innocents; episode of infanticide by Herod that appears in the New Testament

noun:

• Battle of Dan-no-ura; final battle of the Genpei War (1185)

noun:

• game played as a form of punishment by the loser of a contest

noun:

• Imjin War (1592-1597); Hideyoshi's invasions of Korea; battle(s) of Bunroku and Keicho

noun:

• narrow escape from the jaws of death - four character idiom
• there being barely a chance of escaping death

noun:

• superficial learning; book learning; merely knowing the meanings of a large number of individual words - four character idiom

noun:

• irregular conjugation (inflection, declension) of s-stem verbs; conjugation of the verb "suru"

noun:

• irregular conjugation (inflection, declension) of s-stem verbs; conjugation of the verb "suru" - abbreviation ➜ サ行変格活用

adjectival noun / ~の noun / suffix:

• being fond of; having a liking for
• to the liking of; favored by; popular with

~の noun:

• (of luggage, etc.) able to be taken into the cabin of the aircraft; carry-on

noun:

• exchanging clothing at the time of laundering - archaism
• (money) laundering
• moving average method of valuation
• reassessing

noun:

• Diplomorpha sikokiana (species of flowering plant)
• paper made from the fibre of this plant - abbreviation ➜ 雁皮紙

noun:

• writing some characters (esp. complex kanji) of a compound as kana instead of kanji - e.g. しょう油, 宝くじ

~と adverb / ~たる adjective:

• proceeding quickly; flying (of time); rapidly; with great strides
• running quickly (of a horse) - original meaning - archaism

noun:

• ceremony where the Emperor would inspect the records of attendance and absence of officials - archaism

noun:

• tragus (small cartilaginous flap in front of the external opening of the ear); tragi; antilobium

noun:

• deer raised upon the grounds of a shrine (who serve as messengers of the gods)

noun:

• mind-made body; body as born out of a certain kind of intent or mindfulness - Buddhism term

noun:

• ingest; process of capturing, transferring or importing different types of video, audio, or image media

noun:

• The Circle of Rainbow Light; Japanese religious group based on the teachings of Aum Shinrikyo ➜ オウム真理教

noun:

• engine compartment (of a vehicle)
• engine room (e.g. of ship)

noun:

• confidential report to the ruler of the country of astronomical events and their astrological interpretation - archaism

noun:

• three-times-three exchange of nuptial cups ➜ 三三九度
• sake (secret language of court ladies); rice wine ➜ 女房詞

noun:

• summary site; aggregator; type of site which features summaries of online discussion threads and blogs ➜ まとめる

noun:

• lunchmate syndrome; mental state of being afraid of being seen eating by oneself