noun:

• petty official responsible for collecting public gossip and presenting it to the king (in ancient China) ➜ 稗史

noun:

• orthographical variants; words with the same pronunciation and meaning, but different written forms; spelling inconsistency

noun:

• yoko-shiho-gatame (judo hold in which the opponent's shoulders and hips are pinned) - Martial Arts term

noun:

• pasha; honorary title in Ottoman Empire and pre-republican Egypt - From Turkish "paşa"

~と adverb / adverb:

• click; sound of a camera shutter - onomatopoeia ➜ パシャッと

noun:

• Cucurbita pepo; diverse species that includes many varieties of pumpkin, squash and zucchini

noun:

• seven autumnal flowers (bush clover, Chinese silvergrass, kudzu, fringed pink, golden lace, thoroughwort, and balloon flower) ➜ 春の七草

noun:

• spotted estuary smooth-hound (Mustelus lenticulatus, species of houndshark found around southern Australia and New Zealand)

noun:

• stripe-tailed Goanna (Varanus gilleni, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to northwestern and central Australia)

noun:

• inscription of a fantastic birdlike creature found on Yin and Zhou dynasty bronze ware, etc. - obscure term ➜ 文様

noun:

• boiled pine pitch and oil (traditionally used as a glue in archery, etc.)

noun:

• train of dress; trailing skirt ➜ 引き摺り
• woman who doesn't work and only thinks about fashion ➜ 引き摺り

noun:

• Osaka Incident; plot by Oi Kentaro and the Liberal Party to support a Korean uprising, 1885

noun:

• persons organized into gangs and wearing flashy clothes, who styled themselves as "chivalrous men" (Edo period) ➜ 男伊達

noun:

• briefly-boiled chicken breast (served cold and mostly raw as sashimi with wasabi-seasoned shoyu)

expression:

• someone who was just crying quickly cheers up and smiles; a child's emotions change easily

noun:

• Druze; Druse; Islamic sect primarily found in Syria and Lebanon

noun:

• All-Campus Joint Struggle League; student group active at universities throughout Japan between 1968 and 1969

noun:

• All-Campus Joint Struggle League; student group active at universities throughout Japan between 1968 and 1969 - abbreviation ➜ 全学共闘会議

noun:

• loco moco; Hawaiian dish, trad. white rice topped with hamburger patty, fried egg and brown gravy - Food term

noun:

• sexual activity (at a brothel) involving body lotion and an air mattress - From English "mat play"

noun:

• ABCD encirclement; embargoes against Japan by America, Britain, China, and the Dutch starting in 1940

noun:

• magistrate in charge of finding out and converting hidden Christians (during the Edo period)

noun:

• former Christian missionary who apostatized and converted to Buddhism (during the Edo period) ➜ バテレン

noun:

• sport that requires a strong willpower and hunger for success (esp. boxing) - From English "hungry sports"

noun:

• (one of) the eight earliest and most prestigious high schools (Meiji period) - From English "number school"