noun:

• Shogitai (group of former Tokugawa retainers opposed to the Meiji government who fought in the battle of Ueno) ➜ 上野戦争

noun:

• moa (extinct, flightless bird formerly found in New Zealand) ➜ モア

noun:

• infantry troops (in the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force)

noun:

• deconstruction (as in the term coined by Jacques Derrida)

noun:

• Pleiades (esp. in winter) - obscure term ➜ 昴

noun:

• obstruction markings (red or yellow and white markings on structures taller than 60 meters in accordance with Japanese aviation law)

noun:

• Flash game (i.e. browser game made with Adobe Flash)

noun:

• Kristallnacht (night of concerted violence against Jews in Germany and Austria from November 9-10, 1938)

noun / ~する noun:

• (engaging in a round of) mutual criticism; repeated attacks on each other - four character idiom

~と adverb / ~たる adjective / ~の noun:

• profusely (esp. flowers blooming in great profusion) ➜ 百花繚乱

noun:

• mountain language (euphemisms used by hunters, etc. when in the wild) ➜ 忌み詞

noun:

• (mobile phone) number portability (introduced to Japan in October 2005) ➜ ナンバーポータビリティー

noun:

• violent scene (in a movie, etc.)

noun:

• halation (i.e. in photography, a halo-effect when additional light leaks out around the subject)

noun:

• vajra (mystical weapon in Hinduism and Buddhism)

expression / adjective:

• comfortable (to live in); snug; cosy; cozy Antonym: 居心地が悪い

noun:

• dot (in Morse code) - colloquialism ➜ 短点【たんてん】・ツー

noun:

• large regional newspaper (usu. sold in more than one prefecture)

noun:

• Zebrasoma (genus of 7 species of marine tang in the family Acanthuridae with pointed snouts and forward facing spines at the base of the tail)

noun / ~の noun:

• eccentricity (in mechanics, electronics, etc.)

expression / ~よい adjective:

• helpful (in terms of taking care of people)

noun:

• prefectural senior high school (in Tokyo Metropolitan Area); public senior high school (in Tokyo Metropolitan Area) ➜ 県立高等学校

noun:

• (in Japan) 3rd note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. E) ➜ 十二律・太簇
• (in gagaku) scale similar to the Dorian mode on E ➜ 律旋・六調子

noun:

• catchphrase (esp. in advertising)

noun:

• utility room (with sink, washing machine, etc. in a house or apartment)