noun:

• sacred wooden pole used in traditional Koshogatsu ceremonies ➜ 小正月

noun:

• Naruto kintoki; sweet potato grown in sandy soil ➜ 金時【きんとき】

noun:

• imperial edict to confer nobility titles (in ancient China)

noun:

• Okinawa soba (thick noodles served in a pork soup) ➜ 沖縄蕎麦

noun:

• Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (in Japan); SCAP ➜ ＳＣＡＰ

noun:

• hutong; narrow street or alley, esp. in Beijing - From Chinese

noun / ~する noun:

• being in an embassy, aquarium, museum, etc. ➜ 在【ざい】・館【かん】
• enrollment; enrolment ➜ 在籍【ざいせき】

godan ~る verb:

• to get one's knickers in a twist - slang - sensitive - From Korean "hwabyeong" ➜ 火病【ひびょう】

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:

• number two
• second in command

noun:

• deep-fried bread (usu. topped in sugar) - Food term

expression:

• primly; with one's nose in the air; smugly

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)