noun:

• explanatory notes (at the start of a book); introductory remarks; usage guide (e.g. of a dictionary)
• legend (on maps, drawings, etc.) ➜ キャプション

noun:

• super spreader (carrier of a viral disease who spreads the virus to a large number of other people)

noun:

• coping; top rail; cap piece; head board; what covers the top of a wall, torii or gate, not necessarily made of wood - Architecture term

noun:

• Disposition of Ryukyu; forced assimilation of Okinawa into Japan, ending its tributary relations with China and abolishing the Ryukyu Kingdom (1872-1879)

noun:

• treasure ship
• picture of a treasure ship bearing the Seven Gods of Good Fortune

noun:

• group of mountain nomads (in Japan); group of mountain people; the Sanka

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to come of age (for a girl) - obscure term ➜ 肩揚げ
• to lengthen the sleeves of a kimono - obscure term

noun / ~する noun:

• return of the Emperor (from a visit)
• return of a shintai to its shrine - Shintō term ➜ 神体

noun:

• black tree monitor (Varanus beccarii, species of monitor lizard from the Aru Islands of eastern Indonesia); Beccari's monitor ➜ ブラックツリーモニター

noun:

• peacock monitor (Varanus auffenbergi, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to the island of Roti in Indonesia); Auffenberg's monitor

noun:

• length of a blade (sword, knife, etc.)
• walking on the edge of a sword

noun:

• mysteries; excellent methods
• marvelous law of Buddha; Saddharma - Buddhism term
• Lotus Sutra; teachings of the Lotus Sutra - Buddhism term ➜ 妙法蓮華経

noun:

• eggcase (shell) of the greater argonaut ➜ 貝蛸
• greater argonaut (species of paper nautilus, Argonauta argo) - colloquialism

noun:

• resting one's chopsticks across the top of one's bowl (a breach of etiquette)

noun:

• eggcase (shell) of the winged argonaut - colloquialism ➜ 船蛸
• winged argonaut (species of paper nautilus, Argonauta hians)

noun:

• chamber; room
• home of a monk; monk ➜ 坊・坊
• Chinese "room" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿・蒼竜【そうりょう】

noun:

• Ministry of Justice (1869-1871 CE) ［ぎょうぶしょう］
• Ministry of Justice (under the ritsuryo system) ➜ 律令制

noun:

• outer material of a garment; shell of a jacket or coat; garment minus the lining ➜ 裏地

expression:

• desperately; to the full extent of one's power; with all of one's ability

noun / suffix noun:

• lattice - Mathematics term

noun / suffix noun / counter:

• counter for large bundles (e.g. 10 sheafs of rice, 200 sheets of calligraphy paper, 20 whistling arrows, 100 fish)
• handbreadth (unit for measuring the length of arrows)

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to create a breeding ground for future problems; to turn a blind eye to future trouble; to allow for something to come back and bite one in the ass (in the future)

noun:

• female student or graduate of Waseda University
• woman who allegedly pursues a career at the expense of love, feminine interests, etc. - derogatory term

noun:

• head and body

suffix:

• heads tall (ratio of total height to length of the head); heads long - after a number

noun:

• Ise Shinto (school of Shinto established the Watarai family priests of Ise Jingu's Outer Shrine)

noun:

• modern translation; translation into modern language (of a classical text, e.g. The Tale of Genji)