noun:

• Aum Shinrikyo incidents; string of incidents, crimes, etc. committed by the Aum Shinrikyo religious group in the 1980s

noun:

• third month of the lunar calendar - obsolete term
• thick growth (of grass, etc.) ［いやおい］ - archaism
• Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE - 300 CE)

noun:

• main street (esp. in a capital); main thoroughfare ➜ 小路【こうじ】
• most important of the three classes of highway (ritsuryo period) ［たいろ］ - archaism

noun:

• beating of a drum as a signal to announce the opening (beginning) of an event (theatrical performance, festival, etc.)

noun:

• deathbed adoption of a successor (to prevent extinction of the family line); person adopted by someone on his deathbed - four character idiom

noun:

• passing university entrance exams in the last year of high school (instead of failing then taking gap year(s))

noun:

• divorce of a couple who have been married for a long time (brought on by retirement of the husband) - colloquialism

noun:

• phala (attained state, result) - Buddhism term ➜ 因
• enlightenment (as the fruits of one's Buddhist practice) - Buddhism term ➜ 悟り
• fruit ➜ 果物

counter:

• counter for pieces of fruit

expression / noun:

• group of independents; usu. informal grouping of independent politicians in the National Diet or in prefectural assemblies

expression:

• when it's important; when it comes to the crunch; when push comes to shove; when it comes to the point; in one's hour of need; at the critical moment ➜ いざ

expression / ~する verb (spec.):

• to have readied a bow and stand at ready; to watch for an opportunity; to wait until the time is ripe ➜ 満を持す

noun:

• freedom of information; access to information; disclosure of information (e.g. by the government)

noun:

• 007 (James Bond's code in the books and films); double-oh-seven

noun:

• paulownia crest (three leaves with seven blossoms on the center lead and five blossoms on each side leaf)

suffix noun:

• -like; pseudo-; mock ...; imitation ...; in the style of ...

noun:

• comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts)
• criticism; censure - archaism

adjectival noun / noun:

• light (of movements); nimble; sprightly; springy
• light-hearted; cheerful; buoyant; jaunty; casual (e.g. clothing); rhythmical (e.g. melody)

noun / ~する noun:

• taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms; recovery; convalescence

noun / ~する noun:

• rivalry; competition; antagonism; struggle for supremacy
• rising and falling (of a bird) ［けっこう］

noun:

• superalloy
• Chogokin; line of die-cast metal robot and character toys sold by Popy

noun:

• Benzaiten; Saraswati; goddess of music, eloquence, also wealth and water - Buddhism term

noun:

• sirenian (any aquatic mammal of order Sirenia, incl. manatees, and dugongs); sea cow

noun:

• national of a third country
• foreigner resident in Japan (esp. Chinese and Korean) - derogatory term

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• dripping ink marks; a work of calligraphy being written in bold and vivid strokes - four character idiom

noun:

• a sense of release (as if one had wings and were riding on air) - four character idiom

noun:

• (Chinese-style) almond jelly; dessert of powdered and jellied apricot kernels with fruit

noun:

• mozuku (Cladosiphon okamuranus and Sphaerotrichia divaricata, types of edible seaweed)