noun:

• sky pattern on a calm and clear day of spring

noun:

• wahoo (species of fish, Acanthocybium solandri)

noun:

• redwing searobin (species of gurnard, Lepidotrigla microptera)

noun:

• proof of identity (for nobles, doctors, etc.) (Heian period) - archaism

noun:

• jerk; surge; lurch; derivative of acceleration with respect to time - Physics term

noun:

• half-game consisting of an east and south round - Mahjong term - From Chinese "banzhuang"

noun:

• noodles with bits of deep-fried tempura batter (tenkasu, agedama) - Kansai dialect ➜ たぬきうどん・天かす【てんかす】・揚げ玉【あげだま】

noun:

• regional Sanuki cuisine, usu. of minced vegetables, seafood, and vinegared miso - from 鉄砲和え ➜ 鉄砲和え

noun:

• winter jasmine (Jasminum nudiflorum) ➜ 黄梅
• Trollius hondoensis (species of globeflower) - abbreviation ➜ 金梅草

noun:

• shortage of talented people; shortfall in human resources

noun:

• Omphalodes japonica (species of flowering plant related to borage)

noun:

• Neurospora crassa (species of red bread mould)

noun:

• Berchemia racemosa (species of flowering plant related to buckthorn)

expression / adjective:

• of no concern; nothing; trivial; not even a fart [literal] - idiom

noun / suffix noun / counter:

• unit of measurement for cloth breadth (30-38 cm) - after a number in the hito-, futa-, mi- counting system

noun:

• Brassica campestris var. laciniifolia (variety of wild mustard)

noun:

• young greens (of mizuna, Japanese mustard spinach, rape, etc.)

noun:

• Treaty of Versailles (1919)

noun:

• International System of Units; SI ➜ 国際単位系【こくさいたんいけい】

noun:

• tomb of someone with no relatives to mourn their death

noun:

• tomb of someone with no relatives to mourn their death

noun:

• Ninigi no Mikoto (Japanese deity, grandson of Amaterasu)

noun / ~する noun:

• backcrossing (crossing a hybrid with one of its parents)

noun:

• backcross

noun / ~の noun:

• trauma inducing; traumatizing; extremely scary (of movies, etc.) - slang

noun:

• Polygonaceae; knotweed or smartweed family of plants