noun:

• peng (in Chinese mythology, giant bird said to transform from a fish) - archaism ➜ 鯤

noun:

• Emperor Meiji's birthday (November 3rd; national holiday held from 1927 to 1948) ➜ 文化の日

noun:

• shoes with thick soles to make one look taller - From English "secret shoes"

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)

interjection:

• exclamation used to scold practitioners (in Zen)

noun:

• scolding or threatening with a shout

expression:

• saying all one has to say (usu. negative, e.g. complaints, insults, etc.)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to get stiff legs (after walking or standing up for a long time) - idiom

expression:

• full up - colloquialism
• to have had enough of something (both good and bad nuance)

expression:

• all roads lead to Rome - proverb

noun:

• ceremony held to pray for good weather (during long periods of rain)

noun / ~する noun:

• explosive boil (after a liquid has been heated to its boiling point); bumping

noun:

• striker (triangular piece of steel used with flint to create sparks)

noun:

• Eviota abax (species of pygmy goby ranging from Southern Japan to Hainan Is.)

noun:

• gummy shark (Mustelus antarcticus, species endemic to southern Australia)

noun:

• Japan's first coinage (dating to 683 CE, but perhaps never in circulation) ➜ 和同開珎

noun:

• U shaped scissors with no place to put one's fingers; shears ➜ 和鋏【わばさみ】

noun:

• public storehouse used to store grain or valuables collected for taxation (ritsuryo system)

noun:

• tightly-compacted snow (e.g. due to compression under its own weight)

noun:

• reading a text from start to finish
• transliterating classical Chinese into Japanese ➜ よみくだす

expression:

• it is too late to show filial piety once your parents are dead - proverb

noun:

• person who does not contribute anything to society; poop-producing machine [literal] - slang - derogatory term - humorous term

noun:

• office system where employees are free to change desk - From English "free address"

noun:

• rod used to ward off calamities (usu. made of holly olive) - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• airing of clothes, hanging scrolls, etc. (to prevent damage from insects and mould) ➜ 虫干し

noun / adjectival noun:

• pretending to be kind; self-aggrandizement under pretense of aiding another (aggrandisement, pretence)