noun:

• toad venom (used as an analgesic and cardiac stimulant in Chinese medicine)

noun:

• men's hairstyle with small sideburns and a wide forehead (Edo period)

noun:

• literary fragment
• interpreting (and using) a passage without regard to its context ➜ 断章取義

noun:

• double election (e.g. of the lower and higher chambers) ➜ 同時選挙

noun:

• type of sushi with vinegared fish and rice lightly pressed overnight

noun:

• salt pickling of a turnip or daikon, incl. leaves and stalk

noun:

• the shogun's eighty thousand guards, comprising hatamoto and lower-ranking vassals - archaism ➜ 旗本【はたもと】

expression / noun:

• misty mountain with blossoming buds and flowers as it appears in spring

noun:

• Lockheed P-3 Orion (anti-submarine and maritime surveillance aircraft); P3C

noun:

• comprehensive list of famous places in Kyoto accompanied with pictures and text

noun:

• dish of white and red-fleshed fish arranged next to each other

noun:

• Anatidae; family of birds including ducks, geese and swans

noun:

• holotherians; members of a problematic clade containing Kuehneotherium and all living therians

noun:

• Sauropsida (branch of amniotes that includes reptiles, birds and non-avian dinosaurs)

expression:

• things that look similar but are completely different; geta and grilled miso [literal] - idiom

noun:

• awareness and activity about global environmental, etc. problems - From English "Earth conscious"

noun:

• location where spirits and ghosts allegedly often appear; haunted place

noun:

• dish consisting of fried potatoes, bacon and onion - Food term - From English "German potato"

noun:

• baked pastry topped with a mix of custard and merengue - Food term - From French "chiboust"

noun:

• song with lyrics about resentment and a sorrowful tune
• resentful complaint

noun:

• collecting rocks and mineral specimens (as a hobby) - From English "stone hunting"

noun:

• thinly-sliced salmon head cartilage and daikon seasoned with vinegar - Food term ➜ 氷頭・膾【なます】

noun:

• Musashi; historical region consisting of modern Tokyo, Saitama and eastern Kanagawa prefectures

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to taste and compare several dishes (or foods) of the same type

noun:

• sabani sailing and paddling regatta (Okinawa)