noun / ~の noun:

• crisis (in an illness)

prefix noun:

• some (at the start of a number in place of a digit)

noun:

• (in China) 7th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. G sharp) ➜ 十二律・鳧鐘
• fifth lunar month

noun:

• wooden board used on the ridge-ends of a roof instead of an onigawara tile (sometimes covered in copper sheeting) ➜ 鬼瓦

noun / ~する noun:

• brood parasitism (planting one's eggs in another bird's nest, as demonstrated by the cuckoo, etc.)

noun:

• minor (in university or college courses); sub-major ➜ 専攻

noun:

• poor move (in chess, shogi, etc.)

noun:

• physicians' pavilion (in Heian Palace) ➜ 十七殿

noun / ~する noun:

• spin (as in 'take a car for a spin'); run

noun:

• latticed butterflyfish (Chaetodon rafflesii, species found in the Indo-Pacific)

noun:

• Portuguese Jesuits (in Japan in the 16th century) - From Portuguese "padre"
• Christianity; Christian

expression:

• something indistinguishable or indistinct (like an egret in the snow) - obscure term

noun:

• first half of a tea ceremony (in which the charcoal is set and light food served) ➜ 後座【ござ】

noun:

• Sixteen Kingdoms (collection of sovereign states in and around China from 304 to 439 CE); Sixteen Kingdoms period

noun:

• expressive person (e.g. in musical performance)

noun:

• golden spadefish (Platax boersii, species of Indo-West Pacific spadefish found in Indonesia, New Guinea, and the Philippines); Boer's batfish

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• requiring special help (usu. seniors, infants, etc. in disaster scenarios)

noun:

• red eboshi (headgear worn by Japanese men prior to and during the Edo period, which was ordinarily black in color) ➜ 亭主の好きな赤烏帽子
• metaphor for an odd item or having a taste for such an item

noun:

• seasonal word (in haiku) - obscure term ➜ 季語

noun:

• (a) study (e.g. in music, art, sculpture, etc.); etude; practice piece

noun:

• staying the night (of an itinerant priest in Zen buddhism); itinerant priest's lodging - Buddhism term
• providing a room for an itinerant priest so that he may meditate for a long period of time - Buddhism term

noun / ~の noun:

• odd lot (e.g. in share purchase or sale)

noun:

• sound shift (esp. in historical kana); new pronunciation - Linguistics term

noun:

• brown hagfish (Eptatretus atami, species found in Japan)

expression / ~よい adjective:

• comfortable (to live in); snug; cosy; cozy