noun:

• Japanese zelkova (species of elm-like tree, Zelkowa serrata)

noun:

• style of temple gate featuring four supporting pillars and a gabled roof

noun:

• mufti; Muslim legal expert entitled to make decisions on points of Islamic law - From Arabic "mufti"

noun:

• var. of traditional white, uncreased Japanese paper, made from high-quality mulberry wood ➜ 奉書

expression / adjective:

• lost for words; not knowing what to say by way of excuse (refutation)

noun:

• standing (of a legal case, e.g. whether there are grounds to prosecute)

noun:

• indicative (kanji whose shape is based on logical representation of an abstract idea)

noun:

• Piltdown man (manufactured fossil of a fraudulent ape-human missing link, Eoanthropus dawsoni) - obscure term - From Latin "Eoanthropus" ➜ ピルトダウン人

noun:

• Bird Week (starting on May 10th of each year) ➜ 愛鳥週間

noun:

• Vaishya; Vaisya (member of India's merchant-and-farmer caste)

noun:

• soup of soumen noodles and various ingredients in a soy sauce broth

noun:

• mille crepe (French cake made from layers of crepes) - From French

noun:

• simple thermal hot spring (containing less than one thousand ppm of dissolved minerals)

adjectival noun:

• juicy (i.e. having lots of juice or liquid)

noun:

• Okinawan rice gruel meal ➜ 雑炊

noun:

• kindling; small bits of scrap wood used to fuel a stove - obscure term

noun:

• hunting (of animals such as boar, deer, etc.)

adjective:

• can't be helped (of situation, reason, etc.); unavoidable

noun:

• Test of English as a Foreign Language; TOEFL

noun:

• Pele's hair (threads of volcanic glass formed in mid-air)

noun:

• yao (line representing yin or yang that comprises one third of a trigram) ➜ 卦

noun:

• ren (ancient Chinese measure of height, depth, etc.; between 1-3 meters)

noun:

• government official (esp. one of low to medium rank); public servant - archaism

noun:

• forming by hand (instead of using a potter's wheel, etc.); handwork

noun:

• pre-harvest estimate of a rice field's yield and selling price

noun:

• Min Nan (dialect of Chinese, incl. Taiwanese)