noun:

• Myoken (bodhisattva; deification of the North Star or the Big Dipper) - Buddhism term

noun:

• original (that was parodied or acted as an inspiration for something else, etc.) ➜ ねた

noun / ~の noun:

• narrow margin (esp. victory or defeat); slim margin

noun:

• three noble families (Kan'in, Kazan'in, and Nakanoin or Koga)
• three branch Tokugawa families (Owari, Kii, and Mito) ➜ 御三家

noun:

• type of food (sliced dried herring or other fish wrapped in konbu seaweed and boiled)

noun:

• dried fish (or shellfish, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• recall (esp. of an envoy or an ambassador); calling someone back; summons (home)

noun:

• grosgrain (silk or silk-like fabric) - From French "gros-grain"

expression:

• parents may risk life and limb for their children (like a pheasant when the plains are burning or a crane on a cold night) - obscure term

noun:

• NEET (young people not in education, employment or training)

noun:

• five pungent roots (in Buddhism or Taoism) ➜ 五葷

noun:

• abandoned people (people left to fend for themselves after a war or natural disaster)

noun:

• widow (one or more lines separated from the rest of the preceding passage by page or column break) - obscure term - IT term ➜ 分断前部

noun:

• pre-opening (party or showing)

noun:

• articulate (i.e. an arthropod or an annelid)

noun:

• short arched (traditionally bamboo) fence around walls of traditional townhouses, esp. in Kyoto (protects lower walls from fouling or damage)

noun / suffix noun:

• nature (of a person or thing)
• that which does not change according to external influences - Buddhism term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request) ➜ 手を突く

noun:

• half-agricultural and half-fishing (village or economy)

noun:

• small amount of money (to buy sandals or cover travel expenses); small farewell gift

noun:

• Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace ➜ お達し【おたっし】

noun:

• climbing gourami (of genus Ctenopoma or Microctenopoma) - From Latin "Ctenopoma"

noun:

• working on a day off (to make up for lost time, or to make an impression)

~と adverb / adverb / ~する noun:

• (feeling a chill or shiver) suddenly; (feeling) chilly; chillily - usu. ひやりとする
• with a sudden sense of dread (or fear, etc.); (being) suddenly (afraid, frightened, etc.); suddenly (breaking out in a cold sweat); frighteningly - usu. ひやりとする

noun:

• dapeng (giant bird in Chinese mythology, similar to the roc or Garuda)