noun:

• the three phases of matter: solid, liquid and gas

expression:

• missing important things here and there; full of gaps - unorthodox version of 櫛の歯が欠けたよう ➜ 櫛の歯が欠けたよう

noun:

• adult and larval stages (e.g. of an insect)

noun:

• Postal Bureau (within the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications) ➜ 郵便業務【ゆうびんぎょうむ】

noun:

• salad of minced Welsh onions, seafood, and vinegared miso

noun:

• sweet paste of white beans and miso

adverb:

• frail and cute (esp. of young women); adorable; lovely

noun:

• enfeoffment (incl. bestowal of government post and court rank)

noun:

• State Minister in Charge of Science and Technology Policy - abbreviation ➜ 科学技術政策担当大臣【かがくぎじゅつせいさくたんとうだいじん】

noun:

• Order for the Provision of Firewood and Water (1842)

noun:

• Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology ➜ 文部科学大臣

noun:

• ISIL; Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ➜ イスラム国

noun:

• wild grasses and flowers (esp. as objects of beauty)

noun:

• parading of portable shrines and floats at Shinto festivals

noun:

• Holy Alliance (of Russia, Austria and Prussia in 1815)

noun / ~する noun:

• falling of the yellow leaves and nuts (in autumn)

noun:

• Tsukushi (provinces of Chikuzen and Chikugo in northern Kyushu) - archaism

noun:

• mixture of ice and water (for keeping fish fresh)

noun:

• (mixture of) ground beef and pork

noun:

• the three friends of winter (pine, bamboo and plum)

noun:

• showing a mistake in a manuscript (e.g. with a dot or a line)

noun:

• customer at a brothel; john; someone who has forgotten the eight virtues ➜ 八徳
• brothel; owner of a brothel

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.)
• to dry the bottom of a ship (to prevent insect damage)

noun:

• chickweed (stitchwort) roasted and mixed with salt, then ground into a powder for use as toothpaste - obscure term

noun / ~する noun:

• ignoring a text message by leaving it unopened and marked as "unread" (in the chat application LINE) - colloquialism ➜ スルー