noun:

• undeveloped woodland near populated area
• settlement pattern of living in upland valleys and cultivating lower slopes

noun:

• matching dice; doublets
• bet on two horses in the same bracket
• repdigit; monodigit - Mathematics term

noun:

• polish; elaboration; repeatedly working over one's writing; being very scrupulous in the choice of diction - four character idiom

noun:

• sheep in a tiger's skin; gimcrack; showy without real worth; all show and no substance - four character idiom

noun:

• harassment, e.g. in the workplace, from a position of power; bullying - From English "power harassment"

noun:

• someone who plays the part of a 'heel' (bad guy) in wrestling, films, etc. ➜ ヒール

noun:

• corn dog (frankfurter on a stick dipped in batter and deep-fried) - From English "American dog"

noun:

• vegetables pickled in salted rice-bran paste, esp. with lots of liquid - Food term ➜ 糠味噌漬け
• hot-dip galvanizing - colloquialism - Engineering term

noun:

• Kristallnacht (night of concerted violence against Jews in Germany and Austria from November 9-10, 1938)

noun:

• var. of knot often used to tie mizu-hiki ➜ 鮑結び
• woman's hairstyle, braided in this fashion

noun:

• Chypre fragrance (family of scents including sage, lavender, and oak moss, used in perfumes)

noun:

• fulcrum peg (fitted into the cavity in an oar as part of a traditional oarlock) ➜ 入れ子

noun:

• fulcrum peg (fitted into the cavity in an oar as part of a traditional oarlock) - obscure term ➜ 櫓杭

noun:

• photographer, usually an amateur, who likes to take pictures of models and presenter ladies in exhibitions - abbreviation ➜ カメラ小僧

noun:

• (in China) 7th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. G sharp) ➜ 十二律・鳧鐘
• fifth lunar month

noun:

• (in China) 6th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. G) ➜ 十二律・双調
• fourth lunar month

noun:

• (in China) 3rd note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. E) ➜ 十二律・平調
• first lunar month

noun:

• second note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. D sharp) (in China) ➜ 十二律・断吟
• twelfth lunar month

noun:

• dragon's blood palm (Daemonorops draco); bright red resin used in medicine, dyes, etc. ➜ 竜血樹

noun:

• distinctive character used in the names of all people belonging to a single clan or lineage

noun:

• preserving in alcohol
• pickling one's liver; drinking incessantly; being a souse

noun:

• clapper (two long pieces of wood that are clapped together; used in gagaku, etc.)

noun:

• first half of a tea ceremony (in which the charcoal is set and light food served) ➜ 後座【ござ】

expression:

• truth comes out of falsehood; many a true word is spoken in jest - proverb

noun:

• cavity (in old root vegetables, tofu, metal casting, etc.); pore; hollow; bubble; blowhole

~の noun:

• porous; pithy; spongy