noun:

• columbite (mineral combining niobite and tantalite)

noun:

• obsession with radiation effects (esp. after the 2011 tsunami and Fukushima reactor problems); person obsessed with radiation; radiation brain [literal] - humorous term - colloquialism

noun:

• ten rulers of the afterlife (who judge the dead and determine their placement in their next life) - Buddhism term

noun:

• Lockheed P-3 Orion (anti-submarine and maritime surveillance aircraft); P3C

noun:

• eradication of malignant spirits (esp. used in fantasy and science fiction)

noun:

• three methods of Chinese divination (Lian Shan of the Xia period, Gui Cang of the Yin period and Zhou Yi of the Zhou period)

noun:

• Sauropsida (branch of amniotes that includes reptiles, birds and non-avian dinosaurs)

noun:

• seven autumnal flowers (bush clover, Chinese silvergrass, kudzu, fringed pink, golden lace, thoroughwort, and balloon flower) ➜ 春の七草

noun:

• legislators' pension (and retirement benefits)

noun:

• safety stripe tape (black-and-yellow plastic tape); barricade tape - From English "tora tape"

noun:

• pearlscale butterflyfish (Chaetodon xanthurus, Western Pacific species found from Indonesia and the Philippines north to the Ryukyu Islands); Philippines chevron butterflyfish; orange butterflyfish; netted butterflyfish; yellow-tailed butterflyfish

noun:

• ponzu (Japanese sauce made primarily of soy sauce and citrus juice)

noun:

• modan'yaki (okonomiyaki topped with yaki-soba and fried together)

noun:

• outdoor bench (placed under the eaves of a house and used for cooling off during the summer)

expression:

• already embarked (and hence cannot go back); already started

noun:

• Eptatretus okinoseanus (species of hagfish found in Japan and Taiwan)

noun:

• eight consciousnesses (one for each of the five senses, consciousness of the mind, self-consciousness and store consciousness) - Buddhism term

noun:

• Prionurus (genus of surgeonfish and sawtail tangs in the family Acanthuridae)

noun:

• prefectural senior high school (in Kyoto and Osaka prefectures); public senior high school (in Kyoto and Osaka prefectures) ➜ 県立高等学校

noun:

• roadside station (government-designated rest area found along roads and highways)

noun:

• rat kangaroo (any marsupial of family Potoroidae, incl. bettongs and potoroos)

noun:

• accent (in French; acute, grave, and circumflex) - From French
• accent (on a syllable, word); stress ➜ アクセント

noun:

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

noun:

• Apollo (Greek and Roman god)

noun:

• Triple Intervention (diplomatic intervention by Russia, Germany and France over the terms of the Treaty of Shimonoseki) ➜ 下関条約