proper noun:

• Chinese Taipei; name used by the Republic of China (Taiwan) when participating in international competitions

expression:

• a fish out of water; a kappa up on the land [literal] ➜ 河童

noun:

• Taisai; one of the eight gods of the koyomi ➜ 八将神
• Jupiter (planet) - archaism ➜ 木星

noun / ~する noun:

• long bath; staying in the bath for a long time ➜ 長湯

noun:

• Aum Shinrikyo incidents; string of incidents, crimes, etc. committed by the Aum Shinrikyo religious group in the 1980s

noun:

• Chinese bronze inscriptions; type of lettering used on metal objects, especially in China during the Yin and Zhou dynasties

noun / ~の noun:

• trefoil; three-leafed pattern

expression / prefix:

• to allow oneself to ...; to take the liberty of ... - with noun+する or noun+をverb

expression:

• it is presumed that; (I, we) presume that
• on one's own accord; by one's arbitrary decision ➜ 勝手に

expression / ichidan verb:

• to summer; to go away for the summer - obscure term

noun:

• classical drama (kabuki, noh, etc.); play of the old school
• period drama (film) ➜ 時代劇

noun:

• Andromeda (constellation); the Chained Woman - Astronomy term

noun:

• wakame stem; central rib of the wakame leaf ➜ 若布【わかめ】

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to turn misfortune into fortune (esp. through one's own efforts); to turn the potential disaster to one's advantage - idiom ➜ 災い転じて福となす【わざわいてんじてふくとなす】

noun:

• Speothos; genus containing the bush dog

noun:

• Crossarchus; genus of mongooses comprising the kusimanses

noun:

• mountain stream; the water of a mountain stream

noun:

• testicular torsion; torsion of the testis ➜ 精巣捻転症

noun:

• Protector General; Tang-period Chinese official in charge of the local Protectorate General ➜ 都護府
• travelling inspector of the provincial governments (Nara- and Heian-period position) ➜ 按察使

noun:

• myrmecology; the study of ants

expression:

• having said that; on the other hand

godan ~す verb:

• to draw for a specific purpose; to draw for the occasion

noun:

• poor people; the poor

noun:

• Akasagarbha (bodhisattva); the Receptacle of Void

noun:

• head and neck carcinoma; cancer of the head and neck

noun:

• Sextans (constellation); the Sextant - Astronomy term