noun:

• reduction in area of rice under cultivation

noun:

• one's family and followers; one's whole clan - four character idiom

noun:

• primary producer - Biology term

noun:

• word of great value - four character idiom

noun:

• all day and night

noun:

• single nucleotide polymorphism; SNP

noun:

• the first

noun:

• (a) bit; (a) trifle

noun:

• index hole - IT term

noun:

• playing with a handicap of one rook or bishop - Shōgi term ➜ 駒落ち【こまおち】

noun / ~する noun:

• answering question by question - four character idiom

noun:

• a cut above; one step above

noun:

• gastrointestinal anthrax

noun / ~の noun:

• top-notch university

noun:

• uniform random number; uniformly distributed random number - IT term

noun:

• first-rate specimen; first-rate object; superb item; superb article; excellent thing; pick (e.g. of a litter); superb person; excellent person

noun / ~の noun:

• self-contained (of a story)

noun:

• closest pine-tree to a noh stage (of the three placed in front of the bridge walkway)

noun:

• first cockcrowing

noun:

• fish salted and dried overnight

noun:

• one step higher; one better; cut above; one up

noun:

• fundamental tone in the traditional Japanese 12-tone scale (approx. D) - Music term ➜ 黄鐘【こうしょう】・十二律

noun:

• positioning time; seek time - IT term

noun:

• quibbling; temporizing; temporising

noun:

• listed - IT term