noun:

• macrobiotics; prevention and cure of disease through diet (as expounded by Sagen Ishizuka (1850-1909))
• taking nourishing food; eating a balanced diet - abbreviation ➜ 食養生【しょくようじょう】
• dietetics ➜ 食事療法学

noun:

• Limbaugh's damselfish (Chromis limbaughi); blue-and-yellow chromis

adverb / noun:

• (sound) of clashing swords; (arguing) as fiercely as clashing and blocking swords - four character idiom

noun:

• rakshasa; man-eating demon in Hinduism and Buddhism - From Sanskrit "rākṣasa"

expression:

• time waits for no-one; time and tide stay for no man - proverb

ichidan verb:

• to blend; to mix thoroughly and evenly ➜ 馴染む
• to make fit in; to domesticate

noun:

• broiled eel served over rice in a lacquered box; broiled eel and rice served in two separate stacked boxes, with eel in top box and rice in bottom box

noun:

• tangible fixed assets; tangible property; property, plant and equipment; PPE

noun:

• Disposition of Ryukyu; forced assimilation of Okinawa into Japan, ending its tributary relations with China and abolishing the Ryukyu Kingdom (1872-1879)

noun:

• school year calendar; calendar of school events and dates

noun:

• national treatment; treating foreigners and locals equally

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be generally accepted; to be acknowledged by oneself and others

noun:

• NAND (gate, circuit); not-and

noun:

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

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be troublesome; to require the aid and labour of others

noun:

• greengrocer; fruit and vegetable shop ➜ 八百屋

noun:

• pachinko nail adjuster; pachinko parlor employee who adjusts the machines to regulate profit and loss - colloquialism

noun:

• town order (Edo period); order issued by a shogun or daimyo affecting a whole town, and passed on by town officials

noun:

• flower shower; throwing flower petals over the bride and groom after exchanging of vows

noun:

• food theme park; indoor park with many restaurants and food shops based on a single theme

noun:

• matter of life or death; life-and-death problem - four character idiom

noun:

• lint (as in a clothes dryer or a pocket); waste thread; fibers, such as might wrap around the gears in small mechanisms and cause them to jam; fluff ➜ 綿ぼこり

noun:

• gradually becoming poor; situation getting gradually worse and worse

noun:

• Japan-Thailand; Japan and Thailand

noun:

• value honor; round wind, seat wind, and dragon tiles - Mahjong term ➜ 圏風牌・門風牌・三元牌
• winning hand containing one kong (or pung) of a value honor - Mahjong term ➜ 役【やく】