noun:

• shintai; object of worship believed to contain the spirit of a deity, typically housed in a shrine - honorific language - Shintō term ➜ 神体

noun:

• trick of leaning back and carrying one's opponent round and out of the ring - Sumo term
• last-minute reversal

noun:

• the flourishing mid-Shōwa period (1960s and early 1970s) of peace, rapid economic growth, and life of ease - four character idiom

expression:

• missing important things here and there; full of gaps; as if the teeth of a comb were missing [literal]

noun:

• honeyeater (any of a number of long-tongued Australasian songbirds, esp. the cardinal honeyeater, Myzomela cardinalis)

noun:

• Muraji (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to seventh highest of eight) - archaism

noun:

• brittle star (any starfish-like echinoderm of the order Ophiuroidea); brittlestar
• Ophioplocus japonicus (species of brittlestar)

noun:

• Ganges shark (Glyphis gangeticus, rare species of fresh water requiem shark that dwells in the rivers of India)

noun:

• soldiers garrisoned at strategic posts in Kyushu in ancient times
• Chinese soldiers stationed to protect remote regions of the country during the Tang dynasty ［ぼうじん］

noun:

• new moon - Astronomy term
• first day of the lunar month
• (in ancient China) next year's calendar and decrees (distributed by the Emperor at year's end)

noun:

• stick-to-itiveness; perseverance; persistence
• radical (esp. one that tends to ionize easily) ➜ 基【き】
• root - Mathematics term
• indriya (faculty of the body having a specific function, i.e. the sensory organs) - Buddhism term

noun:

• skin
• body (in the context of intimate bodily contact) ➜ 肌を許す

noun / suffix noun:

• surface; grain (e.g. of wood); texture
• disposition; temperament; character; type ➜ 肌が合う

noun:

• bowstring
• string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.)
• bail (arched pot handle) - esp. 鉉
• diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu - also written as 梁 ➜ 枡

noun:

• succession of words of similar meaning; redundancy (e.g. free gift); tautology ［じゅうごん］
• kanji compound in which the same character is repeated - e.g. 堂堂

noun:

• principle of nationality (according to which an offender should be tried in accordance with the law of his or her own country) ➜ 属地主義

noun:

• Four Pillar astrology; originally Chinese method of fortune-telling based on the time, date, month and year of a person's birth - four character idiom

noun:

• daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus) (primarily used in context of the seven spring herbs) - obscure term ➜ 大根・春の七草

noun:

• weasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi)
• mustelid (any other member of the weasel family, incl. badgers, martens, minks, ferrets, otters, polecats, stoats, skunks, etc.)

noun:

• dispute over water rights; dispute over the distribution of water into paddies during the summer (in rural areas) ➜ 水喧嘩

noun:

• half-soled straw sandals; straw sandals which are designed only for the front half of the foot ➜ 草鞋

noun:

• Western school; school dedicated to the study of the West and Western languages (late Edo and Meiji periods)

noun:

• the art of war; martial arts; military arts - archaism
• military force; the sword
• valor; bravery
• military officer; military man

noun:

• area of the field one is supposed to (or able to) defend - Sports term
• (one's) field; (one's) scope; area of expertise; range of topics one can converse about; breadth of one's interests and knowledge
• one's type; kind of person one is attracted to

expression:

• two is a company, three is a crowd; one companion is better than two - proverb

noun:

• mirror - archaism - obscure term
• Mafutsu no Kagami (alternate name for Yata no Kagami, the mirror of the Imperial regalia) ➜ 八咫鏡