noun:

• strange-looking creatures; spirits and goblins - four character idiom

noun:

• andouillette; French sausage filled with pork and tripe - From French

noun:

• Four Pillar astrology; originally Chinese method of fortune-telling based on the time, date, month and year of a person's birth - four character idiom

noun:

• Shinsengumi; shogunate police and military force located in Kyoto and dedicated to suppressing anti-shogunate activities (Edo period)

noun:

• imperial portrait; photograph of the incumbent Emperor and Empress distributed to schools between 1890 and the end of the Second World War
• portrait or photo of a person of high rank - honorific language

noun:

• university of technology; science and technology college

noun:

• starting with vigor but ending with no action; raising one's voice (in a call to action) and then failing to take action

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to have no time to lose; to fight with every minute and every second - idiom

noun:

• dogcatcher; person who used to catch dogs and execute them for rabies prevention - slang

noun:

• movements; sitting and standing

noun:

• chief puppeteer (bunraku); manipulates the head and right arm ➜ 三人遣い

adverb / ~する noun:

• cool sensation from passing air; cool and refreshing (aftertaste) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• sound of air leaking; sound of a sleeper's breath

noun:

• dried sweet potato; satsuma sweet potato steamed, sliced and dried

noun:

• gradualism; slow-and-steady policy - four character idiom

noun:

• trimix; diver's gas mix of helium, oxygen, and nitrogen

expression:

• it often takes time to bear the fruit of one's actions; planted peach and chestnut seeds take three years (to bear fruit), persimmons take eight [literal] - proverb

ichidan verb:

• to steal a glance; to intercept and read (e.g. other people's email)

noun:

• center of a flower (centre); pistils and stamens

noun:

• Hadith; tradition related to the words and deeds of Muhammad - From Arabic "hadit"

noun:

• collation editing; proofreading and annotation

noun:

• dog-friendly café; eatery which allows people to bring their pet dogs and provides separate menus for dogs and their owners - From English "dog café"

noun:

• embouchure; position and use of the lips, tongue, and teeth in playing a wind instrument - From French
• mouthpiece of a musical instrument

noun:

• commentary; notes and comments

noun:

• caliph; chief civil and religious Muslim ruler (prior to 1924)

noun:

• banked fire; live charcoal banked up and covered with ash