noun:

• bronze currency of ancient China (some pieces shaped like spades and others like opened straight razors)

noun:

• the five elements (in Japanese philosophy: earth, water, fire, wind and void) - Buddhism term ➜ 五行【ごぎょう】
• five great wisdom kings - abbreviation - Buddhism term ➜ 五大明王

noun:

• river in which worshippers wash their hands (and rinse their mouth) prior to entering a shrine

noun:

• full interchange (an interchange that has exits and entrances in both directions)

noun:

• Desert monitor (Varanus griseus, species of carnivorous monitor lizard found in North Africa and western Asia)

noun:

• juvenile Japanese sea perch (usu. 2-3 years in age and 40-60 cm in length) ➜ 鱸

noun:

• pre-ritsuryo official established in key provinces, responsible for administration of his home and surrounding provinces - archaism ➜ 律令制・総領

noun:

• female cook; kitchenmaid
• woman who served both as a waitress and a prostitute in Osaka teahouses - archaism

noun:

• Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove; group of 3rd-century Qingtan scholars, writers, and musicians ➜ 清談

noun:

• var. of fresh Japanese sweet made of white bean paste, egg yolk, sugar and rice granules

noun:

• family clan based on the paternal line, sharing the same tomb and performing rituals together (Okinawa)

noun:

• liquid gold (used for applying gold to ceramics, etc.)
• Wednesday and Friday ［すいきん］ ➜ 月水金【げっすいきん】
• bribe; sweetener; douceur

noun:

• black-lacquered cowhide boots with curved toes, metal buckles, and brocade tops (worn with ceremonial dress)

expression / adjective:

• all bark and no bite; unable to live up to one's claims

noun:

• points paid and received at the end of a game of mahjong based on position (rank) - Mahjong term

noun:

• pure double chow; winning hand containing two identical chows (i.e. same numbers and same suit) - Mahjong term ➜ 一盃口【イーペーコー】

noun:

• Vocaloid; singing voice synthesis software and related products, or a humanoid persona voiced by such software

noun:

• pogo; dance in which one jumps up and down to the beat of the music

noun:

• government property
• taxes and other fees paid by the provinces to the governement (ritsuryo system) ［かんもつ］

noun:

• horse oil; extract of horse subcutaneous fat, used in cosmetics and traditional medicine

noun:

• observing and reviewing the effects of a drug after it has been released onto the market

noun:

• Blue Sky with a White Sun; party flag and emblem of the Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party)

noun:

• adjectival noun (Japanese); quasi-adjective; nominal adjective; na-, taru-, nari- and tari-adjective - Linguistics term

noun:

• three branch Tokugawa families (Owari, Kii, and Mito) ➜ 三家【さんけ】
• big three; top three

noun:

• vertical axis; vertical line
• vertical shaft; spindle
• connection between past and present