noun:

• keen eyesight; the eyesight of Lilou (character with superior eyesight in ancient Chinese folklore) [literal] - archaism - idiom

noun:

• one of the six administrators of a Zen temple (in charge of accounting) ➜ 六知事

noun:

• counter
• service counter (e.g. at a bank)
• counter (at a bar, cafe, etc.)
• automatically responding with an upload slot to someone who allows you to download (e.g. in P2P systems) - IT term ➜ カウ・モニター

noun:

• top star (esp. male lead role in the all-female Takarazuka musical theater troupe); major celebrity

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• outrider (person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade); outriding
• harbinger; herald; precursor; forerunner; foretoken
• anticipation

noun:

• kalpa (eon, aeon) ［こう・ごう］ - Buddhism term
• ko (in go); position that allows for eternal capture and recapture of the same stones - usu. コウ - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• recipient; receiver; acceptor; taker
• skilled practitioner (of judo, sumo, etc.) - Martial Arts, Sumo term
• person who picks up the cards (in karuta games) ➜ 読み手

noun:

• Yatagarasu (mythical raven who aided Emperor Jimmu on his eastern expedition) - obscure term ➜ 八咫烏
• three-legged crow inhabiting the sun in Chinese mythology ➜ 八咫烏

noun:

• nursehound (Scyliorhinus stellaris, species of catshark in the Northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean)

noun:

• secret language used in the postwar Showa period where certain words are read backwards - from ジャズ read backwards - Linguistics term

noun:

• underhand grip; backhand grip (e.g. in tennis) ➜ 順手
• unexpected twist; turning the tables (on an opponent)

noun:

• Imperial era; system of counting years from the start of Emperor Jinmu's reign in 660 BC ➜ 神武

noun:

• keeper of imperial archives
• worker skilled in the brewing of sake or soy sauce

noun:

• raised leg; lifting a leg
• upturn (in the market) ［上げ足・上足］ Antonym: 下げ足
• sitting cross-legged - archaism

expression / noun:

• a fish on the chopping board; person in a situation where they are rendered powerless - idiom

noun:

• creole (pidgin which has become a mother tongue) - From French
• Creole (person of mixed ancestry, esp.in the Caribbean)

noun:

• on-the-sea ballot (votes cast in a federal election by ships' crewmen and sent by fax)

noun:

• Festival of the Ages (held at Heian Jingu Shrine in Kyoto on Oct. 22); Jidai Festival

noun:

• truth of the middle (all things are in a middle state, being void yet having temporary existence) - Buddhism term ➜ 三諦

noun:

• Edo-era street merchant who carried wares hanging from a pole, hawking them in the street - obscure term

noun:

• sugidama; ball made from sprigs of Japanese cedar, traditionally hung in the eaves of sake breweries

noun:

• Galapagos shark (Carcharhinus galapagensis, species of circumtropical requiem shark found in the reef environments around oceanic islands)

noun:

• Platax (genus of 5 extant species of Indo-Pacific batfish in the spadefish family Ephippidae)

noun:

• first day (in the year) that a particular species of bird or insect, etc. sing or chirp ➜ 終鳴日

noun:

• last day (in the year) that a particular species of bird or insect, etc. sing or chirp ➜ 初鳴日