noun / ~する noun:

• women picking up men (on the street) - from 逆+ナンパ - slang

noun:

• alignment with the Western powers of America and Europe

noun:

• wake; vigil (that does not last the full night) ➜ 通夜

noun / ~の noun:

• pia mater (membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord)

noun:

• hemiplegia (paralysis on one side of the body) ➜ 半身不随

noun:

• hyperuricemia (increased levels of uric acid in the blood)

adverb:

• the same as something was reputed to be

noun:

• Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire)

noun:

• mass retirement (esp. that of the Japanese baby boomers)

noun:

• Ixeris dentata (species of the daisy family)

noun:

• putting on weight over the New Year's holidays

noun:

• characters used by Western civilization (esp. the Latin alphabet) - obscure term ➜ ローマ字

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• expected to arrive (occur) in the near future

noun:

• gharial; gavial (large crocodilian found on the Indian subcontinent) - From French

noun:

• the coming of Bodhidharma from western India to China - Buddhism term

noun:

• vestibular bulb (aggregation of erectile tissue within the clitoris)

noun:

• Brahman; Brahma; ultimate reality of the universe (in Hinduism) - From Sanskrit ➜ アートマン

noun:

• Gelaohui (secret Chinese society of the late Xing dynasty) ➜ 会党

expression:

• there is no leisure for the poor - proverb

noun:

• Arisaema serratum (species of jack-in-the-pulpit)

noun:

• self deprecating first person pronoun used by the elderly - archaism - male language

noun:

• danger
• Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - Astronomy term ➜ 危宿・二十八宿・玄武【げんぶ】

noun:

• Chinese "winnowing basket" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - Astronomy term ➜ 箕宿・蒼竜【そうりょう】・二十八宿【にじゅうはっしゅく】

noun:

• meat, flesh, or muscles along the spine - archaism

noun:

• small strap tied at the waist of a hanpi ➜ 半臂