noun:

• rice granules; coarse glutinous rice flour (often used in candy production)

noun:

• medicine man; witch doctor (doctor specialized in treating illnesses caused by magic)

noun:

• frequency; popularity; currency

~する noun:

• to perform well; to be successful in an activity

expression / noun:

• Arab Spring (revolutionary wave in the Arab world, 2010-2011)

noun:

• act of treachery; breach of faith; stab in the back; double-cross

expression / noun:

• champion of justice; knight in shining armor; crime avenger; hero; super hero

noun:

• three highest ranks in a ministry: minister, vice minister and parliamentary secretary ➜ 大臣【だいじん】・副大臣・政務官

noun / ~の noun:

• right opposite; directly across; just in front of; face to face ➜ 真向かい

noun:

• Buddhist teachings; Buddhist scriptures - Buddhism term
• Dharmakara; Amitabha Buddha in a pre-enlightenment incarnation - Buddhism term

noun:

• self-motion (esp. in the Hegelian dialectic, dialectical materialism, etc.); self-movement

noun:

• internal sense ➜ 外官【がいかん】
• public official stationed in the capital (under the ritsuryo system) ➜ 外官【げかん】

noun / ~する noun:

• being in the center of attention again; coming back into the limelight

noun:

• one-yen taxi (in the Taisho and Showa periods); taxi - abbr. of 一円タクシー

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to see well in the dark; to have good night vision

noun:

• jatropha (member of a genus of flowering plants in the spurge family)

noun:

• ceremony fee; money dedicated to the gods when participating in a ceremony - Shintō term

noun:

• cashier's desk; counter (where you pay in a store); cash desk

noun:

• Hojo clan symbol; Hojo family crest (three triangles in a triangular pattern)

noun:

• pieces of crab prepared for use in shabu-shabu (usu. claw meat) - Food term ➜ しゃぶしゃぶ

noun:

• ranking vice-minister in the Department of Worship (ritsuryo system); deputy minister - archaism ➜ 大輔【たいふ】

noun:

• jawbone; mandible ➜ 顎骨
• branchial arches (in fish); gill arches

noun:

• last call (in bar, restaurant, etc.); last order

noun:

• service in the second reserve; military reserve force comprised of ex-servicemen

noun:

• Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ➜ ノーベル生理学医学賞

noun:

• plan for the invasion of the Soviet Far East in July 1941 - abbreviation