noun:

• International Nurses Day (May 12th)

noun:

• monetary union

noun:

• spongy tissue

noun:

• nuclear fuel reprocessing

noun:

• turning over; flipping over
• reply; response
• marks written alongside characters in a classical Chinese text to indicate their ordering when read in Japanese ➜ 返り点
• lapel

noun:

• flower album

noun:

• sword rack

noun / ~する noun:

• engagement; battle

noun:

• return on equity; ROE

noun:

• karayuki-san; young Japanese women who were sent to work (mainly as prostitutes) in foreign countries, esp. in Southeast Asia (Meiji to early Showa) ➜ 唐行き【からゆき】

noun:

• each party; each faction; all sects

noun / ~する noun:

• change of era

noun:

• imitation crab meat; crab sticks

noun:

• scorpionfish
• marbled rockfish (Sebastiscus marmoratus)

noun:

• return of spring; rejuvenation

noun:

• shoulder blade; scapula - archaism ➜ 肩甲骨

noun:

• exact copy

adjectival noun:

• thoughtful; speculative ➜ 考え深い

noun:

• defoliant

noun:

• woman's hairstyle (Edo period) (made popular by a Yoshiwara prostitute called Katsuyama)

~の noun:

• radiant

noun:

• functional space

noun:

• one knee ➜ 片膝を突く【かたひざをつく】・片膝を立てる【かたひざをたてる】

noun / ~の noun:

• inferior vena cava

noun:

• metal ring; metal hoop; metal band
• trivet ［かなわ］
• train wheel; train ［てつりん］