noun:

• Nansei Islands; Ryukyu Islands; chain of islands extending from southwestern Kyushu to northern Taiwan ➜ 琉球諸島

expression / noun / ~する noun:

• eating the food of the dead (which prevents return from the underworld) ➜ 黄泉国【よもつくに】

expression / noun:

• lost decade; decade of economic stagnation
• decade in Japan from 1992 to 2002

expression:

• a thorn in one's side; a pain in the butt (often someone higher in rank, ability, etc.); a person standing in one's way; a superior who obstructs one's freedom of action ➜ 目の上のこぶ

noun:

• origin; source; authority
• birthplace ［しゅっしょ］

noun / ~する noun:

• release (discharge) from prison ［しゅっしょ］

noun:

• exit; point of departure ［でどころ・でどこ］
• time to take action ［でどころ・でどこ］

noun:

• black-barred surgeonfish (Acanthurus polyzona, species of tang known only from Mauritius, Réunion, Madagascar, and the Comoro Islands)

noun:

• sweet of egg yolks drawn into strands and boiled in sugar syrup (orig. from Portugal); angel hair; fios de ovos ➜ 南蛮菓子【なんばんがし】

noun:

• blood spilt from the body
• blood circulating within the body (often as a metaphor for strong emotion or hot-bloodedness)

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.)
• to cower; to shrink in on oneself

expression / godan -いく／-ゆく verb (spec.):

• to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family) ➜ 嫁ぐ【とつぐ】

noun:

• ground cherry (Physalis alkekengi var. franchetii); husk tomato; Chinese lantern plant

adverb / ~と adverb:

• with a whack; with a thump - onomatopoeia ➜ ぽかん
• openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; gaping; flabbergasted - onomatopoeia ➜ ぽかん
• vacantly; blankly; absentmindedly - onomatopoeia ➜ ぽかん
• gaping (of a hole, etc.); suddenly opening - onomatopoeia

noun:

• foreign ship (esp. of Spanish and Portuguese ships arriving from the south prior to the Edo period)

noun:

• tofu skin; dried beancurd; delicacy made from the skin of gently boiled soybean milk

noun / ~する noun:

• absconding; taking oneself off; slipping out (home) unnoticed early (e.g. from work, out of parties, etc.)

noun:

• striped-fin surgeonfish (Ctenochaetus marginatus, species of bristletooth tangs from the Pacific); blue-spotted bristletooth

noun:

• Festival of Zeus (held at Olympia every four years from 776 BCE to 393 BCE) ➜ オリンピック

noun:

• horse; block of rock completely separated from the surrounding rock either by mineral veins or fault planes - Geology term

noun:

• calligraphy technique of holding the brush perpendicularly, lower arm raised, and elbow held away from the body ➜ 直筆【ちょくひつ】・懸腕

noun:

• format (esp. of publication, e.g. A5, B4, etc.) ［判型］
• size of a sheet of paper used for ukiyoe

noun:

• notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification ➜ 達し
• Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties ➜ 御触書

noun:

• new straw; straw from the current year
• rice seedlings boiled and dried and then tied into a woman's hair to chase evil spirits away

noun:

• hole in the curtains to allow someone backstage to see the audience (in kabuki theatre) - obscure term
• public observation; feel of being watched; casual observers - obscure term ➜ 人目

noun:

• old-fashioned boys' hairstyle
• Meiji period women's hairstyle
• type of dance in kabuki ［揚げ巻・揚巻］
• knots in colour of four cardinal points hanging from the roof above the ring (color) ［揚げ巻・揚巻］ - Sumo term
• constricted tagelus (Sinonovacula constricta); Chinese razor clam - abbreviation ➜ 揚巻貝

noun:

• one-sided wait for the end tile of a three-in-a-row which will finish one's hand (i.e. for a 3 while holding 1-2, or for a 7 while holding 8-9) - Mahjong term