noun:

• Japanese green gentian (Swertia japonica)
• alderfly (esp. species Sialis japonica); alder fly

noun:

• miyako-bushi scale (characteristic Japanese hemitonic pentatonic scale: mi, fa, la, ti, do)

noun:

• Chinese guger tree (Schima wallichii)
• sasanqua (Camellia sasanqua) ➜ 山茶花
• Japanese privet (Ligustrum japonicum) - archaism ➜ 鼠黐

noun:

• chrysanthemum taboo; taboo about criticizing or parodying the Japanese royal family

noun:

• quarter
• someone with one non-Japanese grandparent ➜ ハーフ
• quota - esp. クォータ and クオータ

noun:

• "New Nessie" (unidentified sea creature discovered by Japanese trawler Zuiyo Maru in 1977)

noun:

• Japanese huchen (Hucho perryi) (salmonoid fish found in Hokkaido that grows up to 1.5 meters)

noun:

• Japanese subsidy plan allowing refundable points when purchasing energy-efficient electronical appliances, etc. - From English "eco-point"

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be filled with thousand emotions; to be overwhelmed by a flood of emotions; to be wrought by a thousand emotions

noun:

• regular adoption (official adoption with the consent of both parties and without dissolving the relationship with the biological parents)

noun:

• one red flower standing out in a sea of green vegetation; one item of quality standing out among many; one woman among many men - four character idiom

expression:

• one red flower standing out in a sea of green vegetation; one item of quality standing out among many; one woman among many men - proverb ➜ 万緑一紅

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to put to use
• to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to handle; to manage; to manipulate ➜ 人使い
• to use (time, money, etc.); to spend; to consume
• to use (language); to speak ➜ 言葉遣い

noun:

• Edo miso; type of miso produced in the Tokyo area since the Edo period (usu. low-salt and made with rice koji) ➜ 味噌

noun:

• land-tax rate during the Edo period (the government took 60 percent of the year's rice crop and the farmers kept 40 percent) - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• cutting a thin object (e.g. vegetable stalk) at a 45 degree angle; cutting in a way that blunts or rounds the cut ➜ 削ぐ

expression:

• a wholesome household can not be disturbed from the outside; a house divided against itself cannot stand; a firm fence keeps the dogs out [literal] - proverb

noun:

• anniversary of a person's death (on which Buddhist commemorative rites, etc. are performed) ➜ 命日【めいにち】
• 49th day after a person's death, on which Buddhist rituals are performed ➜ 七七日

noun:

• Dynastic period (the Nara period and esp. the Heian period, characterized by the rule of the emperor as opposed to shogunate) ➜ 武家時代

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to panic (from the flu panics of late 2000's and early 2010's); to act frantically; to act bizarrely - slang ➜ タミフル

noun:

• back; spine
• reverse; rear side
• height; stature
• ridge (of a mountain)

noun / ~する noun:

• graduation; completion (e.g. of a course)
• outgrowing something; moving on (from)

noun / ~する noun:

• concentration; focusing; convergence; centralization; integration; gathering together

noun:

• within a collection of works

noun:

• pine tree (Pinus spp.)
• highest (of a three-tier ranking system) ➜ 梅【うめ】・竹【たけ】

adverb / ~の noun:

• abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning