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:

• muzzle (of a gun)

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:

• carbine (short gun used by cavalry) ➜ カービン

noun:

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

noun:

• realis form (of verbs and adjectives in classical Japanese); perfective form - Linguistics term ➜ 仮定形【かていけい】

noun:

• range (of a gun); firing distance

noun:

• the five sins in Buddhism (murder, theft, adultery, falsehood and drink)

noun:

• station where one meets friends (from friend and station)

noun:

• warm soba noodles (esp. for dipping, either served after being boiled, or cooled and then rewarmed) - abbreviation - Food term ➜ 熱盛り蕎麦