noun:

• sky burial (funeral ritual in which the body of the deceased is exposed to be eaten by birds)

noun:

• nine-tailed kitsune (fox spirit, kitsune are said to be more powerful the more tails they have) ➜ 天狐

noun / ~の noun:

• near point (closest point at which an object can be brought into focus by the eye) ➜ 遠点【えんてん】
• periapsis - Astronomy term ➜ 遠点【えんてん】

noun:

• format (esp. of publication, e.g. A5, B4, etc.) ［判型］
• size of a sheet of paper used for ukiyoe

noun:

• Japanese hymn praising the coming of the Buddha (thought to be written by Minamoto No Makoto) - Buddhism term ➜ 和讃【わさん】・来迎【らいごう】

expression:

• (to be pushed) toward the middle (of a crowd) (usually against your will)

noun:

• six coins placed in a casket (said to be to pay the fare to cross the River Sanzu) ➜ 三途の川

noun:

• far point (farthest point at which an object can be brought into focus by the eye) ➜ 近点【きんてん】
• apoapsis - Astronomy term ➜ 近点【きんてん】

particle:

• particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.)

noun:

• allergic diathesis (predisposition to be allergic)

noun:

• collective goods (i.e. goods or services such as parks, highways, etc. which could be supplied privately, but are usually provided by the government) ➜ 公共財

noun:

• nurse (may be male nurse)

noun:

• Copper Age (period in which metal tools started to be used alongside stone tools)

noun:

• PASMO (rechargeable prepaid IC card that can be used as a train and bus ticket in the greater Tokyo region and also as electric money in some stores) ➜ スイカ

expression:

• to only look the part (but otherwise be wholly unsuited for it); a monkey wearing a crown - idiom

noun:

• available to promise (i.e. a product is in stock and can be promised to a buyer); ATP

noun:

• Pelycosauria (order of primitive synapsids, now considered to be paraphyletic)

noun:

• Suica (rechargeable prepaid IC card that can be used as a train pass in the greater Tokyo, Osaka and Sendai regions and also as electric money in some stores) ➜ パスモ

noun:

• Babylonian Captivity (of the Israelites, 586 BC - 539 BC)

adverb / ~の noun:

• strongly hoping or requesting (of something that is difficult to be brought to fruition)

noun:

• Gozu Tenno (deity said to be the Indian god Gavagriva) - Buddhism term

noun:

• day on which many companies hold shareholders meetings (to limit disruption by would-be blackmailers)

particle:

• particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.) - at sentence-end ➜ もがな
• emphatic particle - at sentence-end - colloquialism
• particle adding uncertainty - often associated with an interrogative

noun:

• Hanlon's razor ("Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity") - obscure term ➜ オッカムの剃刀

expression:

• at the time of (ind. opportunity or situation where something should be done)