noun:

• middle of the night; dead of night; midnight

noun:

• executive meeting; meeting of the board of directors

expression / adjective:

• make good use of; make the most of ➜ 無駄にする

noun:

• Meiji Constitution (Constitution of the Empire of Japan) ➜ 大日本帝国憲法

noun:

• Meiji Constitution (Constitution of the Empire of Japan) - abbreviation ➜ 大日本帝国憲法

noun:

• philharmonic society; society of the friends of music

noun:

• bittern; concentrated solution of salts (esp. magnesium chloride) left over after the crystallization of seawater or brine

noun:

• tossing several items into the air and attempting to catch them all (form of street performance)
• sleight of hand; magic

noun:

• scoophead (Sphyrna media, species of little-known hammerhead shark found in tropical waters of the western Atlantic and eastern Pacific)

noun:

• kami celebrated at the beginning of New Year (usu. to pray for a good harvest) ➜ 神【かみ】
• goddess of (lucky) directions ➜ 歳徳神

noun:

• mix of peanuts and spicy baked or fried mochi chips in the shape of kaki (Japanese persimmon) seeds - abbreviation ➜ 柿の種【かきのたね】・ピーナッツ・柿ピー【かきピー】

noun:

• mix of peanuts and spicy baked or fried mochi chips in the shape of kaki (Japanese persimmon) seeds - abbreviation ➜ 柿の種【かきのたね】・ピーナッツ・柿ピー【かきピー】・ピー柿【ピーかき】

noun:

• treating somebody as one's own daughter; someone who is treated as a daughter
• woman who manages geisha (Edo period) - archaism

expression:

• till; to; over (a period); through (e.g. Monday through Thursday); about (approx. time or place); on
• concerning (an area of expertise)
• swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)

noun:

• eaves (of roof)
• narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building - Architecture term
• visor (of a cap); brim; peak
• classic Japanese women's low pompadour hairstyle - abbreviation ➜ 庇髪

noun:

• warm district; region of mild climate

noun:

• snap (e.g. of the wrist in baseball)
• snapshot (esp. of people) - abbreviation ➜ スナップショット・スナップ写真
• snap fastener; press stud ➜ ホック

noun / ~する noun:

• ending the climbing season; closure of a mountain to climbers
• closing a mine; discontinuation of mining

noun:

• scarab (Egyptian gemstone) - From French "scarabee"
• scarabeid (any of a group of beetles including the scarab beetle, Scarabeus sacer)

noun:

• deluded mind (a mind polluted with klesha, incapable of understanding the original essence of things) - Buddhism term ➜ 煩悩

noun:

• Ama-no-Murakumo no Tsurugi (heavenly gathering of clouds sword; one of the three Imperial regalia) ➜ 三種の神器

noun:

• Grand Council of State (1868-1885 CE) ［だじょうかん・だいじょうかん］
• Department of State (under the ritsuryo system) - usu. だいじょうかん ➜ 律令制

noun:

• Hydrolagus barbouri (species of cartilaginous fish found in the Sea of Japan and East China Sea)

noun:

• Rhincodon (genus of one species of whale shark, Rhincodon typus, in the family Rhincodontidae)

noun:

• draft of a magazine's content (usu. a table showing the allocation of each page)