noun:

• Xi'an Incident (involving the arrest and confinement of Chiang Kai-shek, December 1936)

noun:

• caltrop (spiked device scattered to maim infantry and horses); calthrop; caltrap

noun:

• corporate warrior (exceptionally dedicated and hard-working employee)

noun:

• morganatic marriage (marriage of a noble and a commoner that disallows the passage of title, possessions, etc.)

noun:

• protohistory (the period between prehistory and history)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to talk around something (exp. derived from having something stuck in your back teeth and thus be unable to speak clearly); to imply something in a roundabout way - idiom

suffix:

• suffix indicating room size (following a number of tatami mats and a counter)

noun:

• (Nara and Heian era) ministry of ceremonies

expression:

• third climate of spring (when the ice breaks and fish start appearing near the surface) ➜ 七十二候

noun:

• trehalose (used in foods as a sweetener, stabilizer and flavor enhancer) (stabiliser) (flavour)

noun:

• sleet (mixture of snow and rain) - colloquialism

noun:

• compared to our company's products (a phrase often used in advertising when comparing old and new products); in this company's comparison
• as I see it; by my estimate - colloquialism

noun:

• humorous mask of a homely woman's face (characterized by a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks)

noun:

• large seal script (dating from China's Spring and Autumn period onward) ➜ 大篆

noun:

• (brother and sister) born of a different mother

noun:

• open shop system (employment of both unionists and non-unionists) Antonym: ユニオンショップ制

noun:

• lucky tea (var. of tea made from sea tangle, black soybeans, pepper, pickled plums, etc. and drunk on festive occasions); New Year tea

noun:

• standard (for weights and measures)

noun:

• paper doll to which children pray for fine weather (usu. white, and shaped like a Buddhist priest)

noun:

• road-rail vehicle (vehicle which can travel both on railroad tracks and normal roads)

noun:

• events of May 1968 (strikes, protests and riots in France)

noun:

• farrier (person who fits foot irons on horses and cows); hoof (care) specialist

noun:

• labyrinth spinefoot (Siganus labyrinthodes, species of Western Central Pacific rabbitfish known from Indonesia and thought more widespread)

noun:

• qieyun (ancient Chinese dictionary arranged by rhyme, displaying characters' meanings and representing their pronunciation with fanqie)

noun:

• four orders of Buddhist followers (monks, nuns, male lay devotees and female lay devotees) - obscure term ➜ 四衆