noun:

• bell signalling that work, class, etc. will formally begin shortly; first bell; warning bell ➜ 本鈴

noun:

• White Army (any of the armies that opposed the Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolution)

noun:

• White Army (any of the armies that opposed the Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolution) ➜ 白衛軍

noun:

• naturally growing tree; tree that does not grow in a tree plantation ➜ 自然木
• natural wood

noun:

• second month of the lunar calendar - obsolete term ➜ 如月
• 15th day of the second month of the lunar calendar (around mid-spring) ［中春］ - obscure term

noun:

• tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog
• sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox; cunning devil; craftiness; sly person; someone who makes evil plans without ever breaking their poker face

proper noun:

• Hachiko; Akita dog that waited every day at Shibuya station for the return of his owner (1923-1935) ➜ 忠犬ハチ公【ちゅうけんハチこう】

noun:

• kalpa (eon, aeon) ［こう・ごう］ - Buddhism term
• ko (in go); position that allows for eternal capture and recapture of the same stones - usu. コウ - usually written using kana alone

expression:

• something so difficult that one doesn't know if there's even a 1 in 1000 chance of success - obscure term

noun:

• word to soften awkward topics (esp. refusal in business conversation, e.g. "I am afraid that ...") - e.g. 申し訳ありませんが、あいにく - obscure term - From English "cushion word"

noun:

• Cucurbita pepo; diverse species that includes many varieties of pumpkin, squash and zucchini ➜ ペポ南瓜【ペポカボチャ】

noun / suffix noun:

• system; lineage; group
• corollary - Mathematics term
• system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period) - Geology term
• (taxonomical) series

noun:

• new adult (in Japan, 20-year-old who has their coming-of-age ceremony within that year)

noun:

• chef (esp. of high-end Japanese cuisine); cook - Kantō dialect ➜ 板場【いたば】
• area of a kitchen that contains the chopping board - orig. meaning

noun:

• safety device for the aged that calls for help if not activated periodically - From English "silver online"

adverb:

• anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; all kinds of this; this and that

noun:

• fraudulent sale of exorcism services (to people led to believe that they are possessed by evil spirits) - four character idiom

noun:

• fiber to the x (generic term for any network architecture that uses optical fiber) (fibre); FTTx

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to be so angry that one lashes out at unrelated things; to have an outburst of anger

noun:

• row of syllables on the Japanese syllabary table that ends with the vowel sound "a" - Linguistics term ➜ 五十音

noun:

• row of syllables on the Japanese syllabary table that ends with the vowel sound "i" - Linguistics term ➜ 五十音

noun:

• row of syllables on the Japanese syllabary table that ends with the vowel sound "u" - Linguistics term ➜ 五十音

noun:

• row of syllables on the Japanese syllabary table that ends with the vowel sound "e" - Linguistics term ➜ 五十音

noun:

• row of syllables on the Japanese syllabary table that ends with the vowel sound "o" - Linguistics term ➜ 五十音

noun:

• spring "tsuchinoe" day that falls closest to the vernal equinox (a day of religious significance for harvests) ➜ 社日・戊【つちのえ】