noun:

• degenerative eye disorder caused by cloudiness in front of the pupil - obscure term ➜ 底翳

noun:

• continuous session (e.g. trading in a stock exchange); zaraba

noun:

• 33 temples in the Kinki area containing a statue of Avalokitesvara

noun:

• blankety-blank; bleep; used in place of sensitive word (often sexually related) - sometimes also **, ○○, etc. - manga slang ➜ 伏せ字

noun:

• literary form imparting the nuance of speech (with sentences ending in "da") ➜ である体

expression:

• suffix used to negate a verb in the past tense - polite language - archaism ➜ ませんでした

noun:

• someone who withdraws from society (e.g. hides in their room); hikikomori - derogatory term - slang ➜ 引きこもり

expression:

• suffix used to negate a verb in the non-past tense - Kansai dialect ➜ ない

interjection:

• humph; hmph

noun:

• high tension (as in electronics, etc.)
• excited; enthusiastic

noun:

• Qing-era Chinese music (popularized in Japan during the early 19th century) ➜ 清【しん】

noun:

• Ming-era Chinese music (popularized in Japan during the early 17th century) ➜ 明【みん】

expression:

• having the luck to escape trouble (your behaviour has landed you in)

noun:

• (in Japan) 12th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. C sharp) ➜ 応鐘・十二律

noun:

• (in Japan) 5th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. F sharp) ➜ 姑洗・十二律

noun:

• Azuma-asobi (ancient Japanese dance suite that originated in eastern Japan) - archaism

expression:

• person who is ignorant of the real world; frog in a well [literal]

noun:

• san jiao (triple heater; functional metabolic organ in Chinese medicine)

noun:

• mountain language (euphemisms used by hunters, etc. when in the wild) ➜ 忌み詞

expression:

• great vigor; tremendous energy; forceful enough to knock down birds in flight [literal] - idiom

noun:

• Sumatra-Andaman earthquake (2004, resulting in the Indian Ocean tsunami)

noun:

• right action - abbreviation - Buddhism term ➜ 八正道
• correct meditative activity (in Jodo, saying the name of Amitabha) ➜ 正定業

expression:

• midsummer greetings; to inquiry after someone's health in the hot season - humble language ➜ 暑中お見舞い

noun:

• deposit insurance
• payoff (e.g. in game theory)

expression:

• great vigor; tremendous energy; forceful enough to knock down birds in flight [literal] - idiom ➜ 飛ぶ鳥を落とす勢い

noun:

• someone or something that just gets in the way; a burden ➜ 荷物