noun:

• deviation-value-oriented education; education focussed on test results; education that stresses studying and passing exams to raise one's ranking; academic cramming

noun:

• Special Permission to Stay in Japan; residence status that can be granted to illegal immigrants or overstayers - abbreviation ➜ 在留特別許可

noun:

• Hundred Schools of Thought; general term for the large number of scholars and controversialists, and their respective schools, that flourished during China's Spring and Autumn period and Warring States period - four character idiom

expression:

• I don't know for certain, but ...; I don't know if that's the reason, but ...

noun:

• Satori; folklore monster that can read minds ➜ 悟る・悟る

noun:

• higher normal school; pre-war public school that trained male teachers

noun:

• understanding and acceptance; spiritual awakening; a heart that understands truth; (feeling of) resignation

noun:

• mistaken identity; person so changed that it's hard to recognize him (recognise)

noun:

• higher normal school; pre-war public school that trained male teachers - abbreviation ➜ 高等師範学校

noun:

• railgun; firearm that uses electromagnetism to propel a projectile

noun:

• pink fish floss; fish that has been finely shredded, seasoned and colored pink ➜ 田麩【でんぶ】

noun:

• abhidharma; texts that contain detailed reworkings of the Buddhist sutras - Buddhism term

noun:

• quiet PC; personal computer that makes little to no noise

expression:

• very fond of; more fond of than eating; so fond of that someone would rather not eat than go without; more important than three meals a day ➜ 三度の飯より好き【さんどのめしよりすき】

~の noun / noun:

• attractive to men; in a style (appearance, look, etc.) that men fall for

noun:

• amorous woman

noun:

• a show; blood-stained mucus discharge that happens during pregnancy up to two weeks before delivery ➜ 破水
• signature mark (crest) used by members of the Imperial family to mark their belongings
• a sign (with honorific 'o') ➜ しるし

noun:

• ocular muscles; muscles that control eye movement

noun:

• Gartner's bacillus; form of salmonella that causes gastroenteritis in humans

noun / ~する noun:

• reciting something and then recording it; recording of something that has been recited - obscure term

noun:

• category killer; retailer that sells a wide selection of a given category of goods - Business term

noun:

• dakuten; diacritic kana mark that turns an unvoiced consonant into a voiced consonant

adverb:

• since then; after that

noun:

• off-flavor; bitterness or other unpleasant taste that detracts from the flavour of a drink

noun:

• cynicism (of mankind); belief that human nature is fundamentally evil Antonym: 性善説

noun:

• tenmoku; ceramics (esp. tea bowls) with a dark glaze that resembles oil spotting
• tenmoku tea-bowl; dark-glazed conical tea-bowl of Chinese origin - abbreviation ➜ 天目茶碗