noun:

• pteridophyte (any plant of division Pteridophyta, incl. ferns and fern allies)

noun:

• Gulf surgeonfish (Acanthurus randalli, species of tang found in Florida and northeastern Gulf of Mexico)

noun:

• proportional representation electoral system (in which party votes are cast, and candidates from each party are elected based on an ordered list available to the public)

noun:

• waiting for the sun (traditional all-night event of worship and neighbourhood fellowship) ➜ 月待ち【つきまち】

noun / suffix noun:

• special Nara-period administrative division for areas containing a detached palace (Yoshino and Izumi) - archaism

noun:

• secretary; third highest-ranking officials in the Dazaifu - archaism ➜ 大宰府

noun:

• the Five Home Provinces (Yamato, Yamashiro, Settsu, Kawachi, and Izumi) - abbreviation ➜ 五畿内

noun:

• Sanriku offshore earthquake (esp. June 15, 1896, March 3, 1933, and March 11, 2011); Sanriku earthquake

noun:

• southern Japan (usu. referring to Kyushu and southwards)

expression:

• most thrilling relationships for a man (another man's wife, a maidservant, a mistress, a prostitute, and finally his own wife)

noun:

• Khoisan (Khoikhoi and San peoples of Southern Africa)

noun:

• Wallace's line (hypothetical line separating the Oriental and Australian zoogeographical regions)

godan ~ぐ verb / intransitive verb:

• to live fast (and recklessly) ➜ 死に急ぐ

noun / ~する noun:

• multi-post (as frowned upon in newsgroups and web forums) - IT term

noun:

• perception through the six senses (of sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch, and consciousness) - four character idiom

noun:

• non-woven (fabric) (e.g. felts and such)

noun:

• prefectural shrine (of prefectures other than Kyoto and Osaka)

noun:

• perpetual calendar (for reckoning lucky and unlucky days)

noun:

• Shughni (language spoken in Pamir mountains in Afghanistan and Tajikistan)

noun:

• iron arrow-head (from the Yayoi and Kofun periods)

noun:

• Bloody Mary (cocktail of vodka and tomato juice)

noun:

• node (joint) of a bamboo

noun:

• Chypre fragrance (family of scents including sage, lavender, and oak moss, used in perfumes)

noun:

• idol (esp. in the philosophy of Francis Bacon: idols of the tribe, cave, market, and theater) - From Latin "idola"

noun:

• Japan's Three Famous Mountains (Mt. Fuji, Mt. Tate and Mt. Haku) ➜ 三名山

noun:

• combination of layered colours, esp. for kimono (usu. white and light indigo)