noun:

• winning by opponent's resignation (in the game of go)

noun:

• (in Chinese mythology) beast which descends from the sky with a thunderbolt

noun:

• female weaver
• Vega (star in the constellation Lyra); Alpha Lyrae ［しょくじょ］ - Astronomy term ➜ 織女星【しょくじょせい】

noun:

• dancing girl (end of the Heian period) - archaism
• prostitute
• tempo in gagaku ➜ 雅楽【ががく】

noun / ~の noun:

• right in the center (centre) - colloquialism

noun:

• making replacements for defensive purposes in the late inning of a game - Baseball term

noun:

• newly recruited wrestlers in the first round of presentation after mae-zumo - Sumo term

noun:

• newly recruited wrestlers in the second round of presentation after mae-zumo - Sumo term

noun:

• newly recruited wrestlers in the third round of presentation after mae-zumo - Sumo term

noun:

• lingering recession; an economy that lingers in the doldrums after bottoming out - four character idiom

noun:

• slip of the pen; mistake in writing; misspelling; lapsus calami

noun:

• posthumous name (based the deeds one has performed in their lifetime) ➜ 贈り名

noun:

• rapid economic growth (esp. that of Japan in the post-WWII period)

~と adverb / ~たる adjective:

• towering; lofty - archaism
• standing out without the influence of others; in splendid isolation

noun:

• criminal conspiracy (participation in the planning a crime, but not its execution)

noun:

• Arcturus (star in the constellation Boötes); Alpha Bootis - Astronomy term

noun:

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

noun:

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

noun:

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

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】

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

expression:

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

noun:

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