noun:

• stone statue of Jizo (often found along roads) ➜ 地蔵
• taciturn person; person uninterested in romance

expression / noun:

• in front of one's eyes; just nearby; within a stone's throw

noun:

• great pairing (e.g. of food and wine) - Food term - From French "mariage"
• marriage; wedded life; wedding; wedding ceremony

noun:

• quick bread; bread made with baking powder instead of yeast

noun:

• Fujiwara period (esp. used as a period of art history, approx. 894-1185 CE)

noun:

• Hakuho period (esp. used as a period of art history, approx. 645-710 CE)

noun:

• handsome fungus beetle (any beetle of family Endomychidae)
• 28-spotted ladybird (Epilachna vigintioctopunctata) - colloquialism ➜ 二十八星瓢虫

noun:

• pip (spot on a die)
• small cube (esp. of food); die; dice

noun / ~する noun:

• trot; half run; jog

noun:

• girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family

noun:

• samurai and commoners
• normal people (as opposed to people of a high social standing)

expression / adjective:

• (having) bad marks or results (e.g. in school)
• of poor quality or workmanship

noun:

• coupling
• shipping; pairing of characters in a romantic relationship (in fan fiction, manga, etc.)

noun:

• free reed (category of instrument, e.g. reed organ, harmonica) - Music term

noun:

• lantern fish (any fish of family Myctophidae, esp. Watase's lanternfish, Diaphus watasei)

suffix:

• suffix indicating room size (following a number of tatami mats and a counter)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to fail an exam - idiom ➜ 桜咲く
• to fall (of cherry blossom petals)

noun:

• yellow tang (Zebrasoma flavescens, species of Pacific tang)

noun:

• lowest part; bottom (or footer) of a page, computer screen, on-screen window, etc.

noun:

• Trimma halonevum (species of goby found in Papua New Guinea); sparsely-spotted pygmy-goby

noun:

• Hemiscylliidae; family of tropical Indo-Pacific longtail carpet sharks or bamboo sharks

noun:

• Mitchell's water monitor (Varanus mitchelli, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to Australia)

noun:

• dish of simmered salmon head, soybeans, vegetables, and leftovers (popular in Tochigi Prefecture and surrounds) ➜ 酢憤り

noun:

• Protectorate General of Beiting; Tang-period Chinese office established in Xinjiang in 702 CE ➜ 都護府

noun:

• skillful tanka poet ➜ 短歌
• official in charge of court poetry and music (ritsuryo period)
• poet

noun:

• waiting in front of a temple to be accepted for training (in Zen Buddhism) - Buddhism term