noun:

• rice field in the charge of a nominal holder (ritsuryo system) - archaism ➜ 名主【みょうしゅ】

noun:

• Yama (as protector deity of the south in esoteric Buddhism) - Buddhism term ➜ 閻魔

noun:

• splendid multistoried building ➜ 楼閣
• Ministry of Central Affairs (under the ritsuryo system)

noun:

• adjusting the height of eyeglasses (e.g. using nose pads)

noun:

• round pillars each side of the wall behind a shumidan dais - Buddhism term ➜ 須弥壇

noun:

• the four kinds of demons that make trouble for sentient beings - Buddhism term ➜ 煩悩魔・陰魔・死魔・天魔

noun / suffix noun:

• superclass ［じょうこう］ - Biology term

noun:

• top-ranking priest in the Office of Monastic Affairs - archaism - Buddhism term ➜ 僧綱

noun:

• Glaucophyta; phylum comprising the glaucophytes (a group of freshwater microscopic algae)

adjective:

• warm (esp. from the fever of a sick person); hot; stuffy

noun:

• buying a CD, book, etc. because of the cover

noun:

• buying a CD, book, etc. because of the cover - abbreviation ➜ ジャケット買い【ジャケットがい】

noun:

• Edo-period Shinto sect dedicated to the worship of Mt. Fuji

noun:

• special tile that doubles the score of any hand - Mahjong term ➜ ドラ

noun:

• Beryciformes; order of fishes containing the alfonsinos, squirrelfishes, etc.

noun:

• tears on the sleeves (of one's kimono); "weeping copiously" [figurative] - lit., e.g. in 源氏物語

noun:

• spring staple shortage (before the harvest of rice, wheat, barley, etc.)

noun:

• outer edge of the foot (from little toe to heel) (karate) - Martial Arts term

noun:

• United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands (1950-1972); USCAR

noun:

• United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands (1950-1972); USCAR ➜ 琉球列島米国民政府

noun:

• marlin (fish of the Istiophoridae family) ➜ 梶木【かじき】
• merlin (Falco columbarius); pigeon hawk ➜ 小長元坊【こちょうげんぼう】

noun / ~の noun:

• selection by the state (esp. of a defense lawyer); appointment; assignment ➜ 私選

noun:

• festival celebrating the return of a shintai to its main shrine - Shintō term ➜ 神体

noun / ~する noun:

• making a feature part of the specifications - From English "spec-in"

noun:

• distilled alcohol (sometimes added in the production of sake)

noun:

• Adenostemma lavenia (species of flowering plant in the Asteraceae family)