noun / ~する noun:

• assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)

noun:

• focus (of a lens); focal point - From Dutch "brandpunt"
• point (of a discussion, e.g. on-point, off-point)

noun:

• first 17-syllable verse of a renga ➜ 揚げ句【あげく】
• haiku
• first five-syllable line of a tanka

noun:

• vein of a shrimp (prawn); digestive tract of a shrimp; sand vein

noun:

• lesson learned from someone's else mistake; object lesson; food for thought; stones from other mountains (can be used to polish one's own gems) [literal] - idiom ➜ 他山の石以て玉を攻むべし

noun:

• wedgie (to a girl) i.e. pulling up the underwear from the back, driving it into the vulva - vulgar

noun:

• taxi equipped with a meter (from "meter taxi") - obscure term

noun:

• near one's knee
• under the protection of (e.g. one's parents); under the care of
• territory of a powerful person ［ひざもと］ ➜ お膝元
• address used after the names of one's parents, grandparents, etc. in a letter ［しっか］

noun:

• ozeki wrestler's attempt to reach the rank of yokozuna; being eligible for promotion to yokozuna - Sumo term ➜ 横綱【よこづな】・大関【おおぜき】

adverb / ~する noun:

• sound of something thick and soft being pierced by something sharp and hard - onomatopoeia
• containing sullen anger or discontent

noun:

• broadleaf wild leek (edible plant with hard tubular leaves, Allium ampeloprasum)

noun:

• Cercidiphyllaceae; monotypic plant family containing the katsura trees ➜ 桂【かつら】

noun:

• Salicaceae (plant family containing willows, poplars, aspens, etc.) ➜ 柳【やなぎ】

noun:

• plant native to eastern Russia and Hokkaido (Mimulus sessilifolius Maxim. p)

noun:

• Hypericum (plant genus including St. John's worts)

noun:

• rape (seed oil plant, Brassica campestris); Chinese colza; yuntai ➜ 油菜

noun:

• witches' broom (plant disease); hexenbesen

noun:

• Aegukga; national anthem of South Korea
• Aegukka; national anthem of North Korea; The Patriotic Song; Let Morning Shine
• The Patriotic Song; national anthem of the Russian SFSR and of the Russian Federation from 1990 to 2000

noun:

• scalpel sawtail (Prionurus scalprum, species of tang found from Japan to Taiwan)

noun:

• longnose butterfly fish (Forcipiger flavissimus, species of butterflyfish from the Indo-Pacific); forcepsfish

noun:

• whitecheek surgeonfish (Acanthurus nigricans, species of tang from the Eastern Indian and Pacific Oceans)

noun:

• dish of seasoned chicken with rice, pickles, etc. (from Kagoshima and Okinawa)

noun:

• top-quality sake brewed from rice grains milled to 50% of weight or less ➜ 精米歩合【せいまいぶあい】

noun:

• starting the new school year from autumn (instead of spring); autumnal admission; fall matriculation

noun:

• Quanrong; ethnic group from northwest of China during the Zhou dynasty (1046-221 BCE)