noun:

• raked gravel waves (in a rock garden) - Architecture term
• ripple mark - Geology term ➜ 風紋

noun:

• soft-boiled egg marinated in soy and mirin - abbreviation ➜ 味付け玉子【あじつけたまご】

noun:

• combination of cards (in hanafuda) that give bonus points ➜ 手役

noun:

• card only worth 1 point (in hanafuda) ➜ 花札

noun:

• black soybean ➜ 黒豆
• soybeans boiled in sugary water
• pea - obscure term ➜ エンドウマメ

noun / ~する noun:

• obtaining agreement by consultation; matters settled in an interview

noun:

• ritual to banish the sleep demon (esp. in Tōhoku)

noun:

• sizzle (usu. in advertising); dazzle; (a) kicker

noun:

• traditional Kyoto-style confectionery (often used in tea ceremony)

noun:

• shinkansen pear; hybrid nashi developed in Tottori prefecture

noun:

• big-character poster (in China); large print wall newspaper ➜ 壁新聞【かべしんぶん】

noun:

• Tillandsia (genus of flowering plants in the Bromeliaceae family)

noun:

• Gaultheria adenothrix (alpine shrublet in the Ericaceae family)

noun:

• Reineckea carnea (flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family)

noun:

• Ophiopogon planiscapus (flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family)

noun:

• Maianthemum yesoense (flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family)

noun:

• Liriope minor (flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family)

noun:

• doi moi; Vietnamese economic renovation program, initiated in 1986 - From Vietnamese

noun:

• kugini; sand lance simmered in soy, mirin, etc. - Food term

noun:

• young woman who is proficient in a foreign language - From English "biling(ual) girl"

expression / adjective:

• frail; having a weak constitution; being in poor health

expression / adjective:

• frail; having a weak constitution; being in poor health

noun:

• climate sensitivity (e.g. to changes in CO2 levels)

expression / adverb:

• affectionately; with love; soulfully; putting in one's all ➜ 込める【こめる】

noun:

• women in the sciences; female scientists - abbreviation - colloquialism ➜ 理系女子【りけいじょし】