noun:

• Deneb (star in the constellation Cygnus); Alpha Cygni - Astronomy term

noun:

• the two leading actors (in a play); the two star players; the two distinctive features; the two main items (attractions) - four character idiom

noun:

• hardener (catalyst in hardening thermosetting materials)

noun:

• hijiki (dark edible seaweed usu. sold in dried black strips; Hizikia fusiformis)

noun:

• precepts given to an adherent prior to being consecrated as an Acharya (in esoteric Buddhism) - Buddhism term ➜ 伝法灌頂・阿闍梨

noun:

• mobilization of labor services (e.g. in wartime)

noun:

• Enkianthus perulatus (species of flowering plant in the Ericaceae family)

noun:

• ten thusnesses (in Tendai) - Buddhism term

noun:

• return value (from a function, in programming)

noun:

• short love song (popular in late Edo period)

noun:

• Achernar (star in the constellation Eridanus); Alpha Eridani - Astronomy term

expression / noun:

• (lesson in) tough love - idiom

noun:

• Fomalhaut (star in the constellation Piscis Austrinus); Alpha Piscis Austrini - Astronomy term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to check (in chess)
• to threaten (somebody's position, etc.); to close in (on somebody) - idiom

noun:

• original passage (in document)

noun:

• Mt Sumeru (in Buddhism - said to be the highest mountain rising in the center of the world) (centre)

noun:

• self-motion (esp. in the Hegelian dialectic, dialectical materialism, etc.); self-movement

noun:

• Imperial New Year's Lectures (ceremony in which the emperor and members of the imperial family Their Majesties listen to expert lectures in the fields of human, social and natural sciences)

interjection:

• buh-boo (from sound of 'wrong' buzzer in quiz shows, used when somebody says an incorrect answer) - colloquialism Antonym: ピンポン

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to pass the baton (e.g. in a relay race)
• to pass the baton; to hand on the torch - idiom

noun:

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

noun:

• lookup (e.g. in a dictionary, address list, etc.)

~の noun:

• heart-breaking (esp. in physical activity such as running) - often 心臓破りの丘|坂

noun:

• Randall's pygmy goby (Trimma randalli, species in Palau and the Philippines)

noun:

• Orectolobus (genus containing 9 species of wobbegong carpet sharks in the family Orectolobidae)