noun:

• heavenly king - Buddhism term
• Gozu Tenno (deity said to be the Indian god Gavagriva) ➜ 牛頭天王

expression:

• midsummer greetings; to inquiry after someone's health in the hot season - humble language ➜ 暑中お見舞い

noun:

• battle standard raised next to the horse of a commander

noun:

• inflatable (in the sense of "needs to be inflated for normal use")

expression:

• rushing to one's doom; (like a) moth flying into the flame - idiom

noun:

• hiding one's intelligence to avoid being different from the common people ➜ 和光同塵

noun:

• "ear-hanging" scallop spat, i.e. piercing the resilium to string them

noun:

• four-eye pygmy goby (Trimma hayashii, found from Japan to the Solomons)

noun:

• cabinet with double doors (used by the nobility to store books, etc.) ➜ 厨子

expression:

• the importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning

expression:

• the importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning ➜ 孟母三遷の教え

noun:

• upstage left pillar (on a noh stage), next to the flute player

noun:

• place on bridge passageway next to the rear of a noh stage - where the interlude kyogen actors wait ➜ 間狂言

noun:

• action taken to soften the impact of something - From English "one cushion"

noun:

• dapeng (giant bird in Chinese mythology, similar to the roc or Garuda)

noun:

• Elatostema umbellatum var. majus (variety of plant related to the nettles)

noun:

• appointed official sent to administer a certain region (in the Ryukyu Kingdom)

noun:

• hostess bar where patrons are allowed to touch the hostesses' breasts - slang - vulgar - abbreviation ➜ おっぱいパブ

noun:

• being unable to make up one's mind; sitting on the fence

noun:

• Trapa incisa (species of plant closely related to the water caltrop)

noun:

• farmland given to nobles of the fifth rank or above (ritsuryo system)

expression:

• being ready to drink sake by the keg; drinking like a fish

noun:

• swatting; deceiving the police into sending armed officers to a particular address

noun:

• regulation baseball (as opposed to the variety played with a rubber ball) ➜ 軟式野球

expression:

• a wholesome household can not be disturbed from the outside; a house divided against itself cannot stand; a firm fence keeps the dogs out [literal] - proverb