noun:

• Zebrasoma (genus of 7 species of marine tang in the family Acanthuridae with pointed snouts and forward facing spines at the base of the tail)

noun:

• Dictyoptera (order of insects comprising the cockroaches and the mantids)

noun:

• the Three Sacred Treasures (Mirror, Sword and Jewels)
• the three essential status symbols (e.g. cellphone, PC and digital camera)

noun / ~する noun:

• airing of clothes, hanging scrolls, etc. (to prevent damage from insects and mould) ➜ 土用干し

noun:

• the five sciences of ancient India (grammar and composition, arts and mathematics, medicine, logic, and philosophy)

noun:

• Japanese white pine (favored for gardens and bonsai)

noun / ~する noun:

• distribution (of bread and wine during Communion)

noun:

• milk shark (Rhizoprionodon acutus, species of requiem shark found in the eastern Atlantic and the Indo-Pacific) ➜ 平頭

noun:

• empty rice field (between the harvest and spring)

noun:

• (lying on one's belly and) basking in the sun; sunbathing (e.g. on a beach)

noun:

• shop that handles Western goods (esp. Western-style apparel and accessories) ➜ 洋品店

noun:

• rock tripe (edible lichen used as medication in Korea, China and Japan)

noun:

• general (civil engineering and construction) contractor

noun:

• MMR vaccine (for measles, mumps and rubella)

noun:

• neo-Confucianism (based on the teachings of Zhu Xi and his followers) ➜ 陽明学

noun:

• Asama-Sanso incident (famous hostage crisis and police siege in Feb. 1972)

noun / ~する noun:

• dying alone (esp. of someone who lives alone and dies of natural causes at home without anyone knowing); solitary death

expression:

• seven vernal flowers (Java water dropwort, shepherd's purse, Jersey cudweed, common chickweed, Japanese nipplewort, turnip, and daikon) ➜ 秋の七草

noun:

• on-off timer (i.e. to automatically turn an electrical device on and off at specified times)

noun:

• debt cancellation order issued by the Emperor or the Shogun (during the Muromachi and Kamakura periods) - archaism

noun:

• PASMO (rechargeable prepaid IC card that can be used as a train and bus ticket in the greater Tokyo region and also as electric money in some stores) ➜ スイカ

noun:

• whitecheek surgeonfish (Acanthurus nigricans, species of tang from the Eastern Indian and Pacific Oceans)

noun:

• revising (and supplementing)

noun:

• platiniridium (alloy of platinum and iridium)

noun:

• semasio-phonetic character (combining semantic and phonetic components)