noun:

• influential family; the man in power

expression / ichidan verb:

• to digress; to stray from the subject
• to miss the target; to fly wide of the mark

noun:

• nine gates; winning hand composed of 1-1-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-9-9 of the same suit plus one additional tile of the same suit - Mahjong term

noun:

• pachinko nail adjuster; pachinko parlor employee who adjusts the machines to regulate profit and loss - colloquialism

noun:

• financial adjustment monies; public finance adjustment reserve funds stipulated in the Local Finance Act

noun / ~する noun:

• efflorescence; loss of crystallization water to the air - Chemistry term

expression / adverb:

• as a matter of fact; to tell the truth

noun:

• flower shower; throwing flower petals over the bride and groom after exchanging of vows

noun:

• Sinologist; scholar of the Chinese classics

noun:

• pharmacognosy; the study of medicinal drugs derived from plants or other natural sources

noun / ~する noun:

• misdelivery; sending to the wrong place

noun:

• dead person; the deceased

noun:

• Giardia lamblia; protozoan parasite of the small intestine that causes giardiasis ➜ ランブル鞭毛虫症

noun:

• Clethraceae (plant family); (common name) the white alder family

noun:

• lint (as in a clothes dryer or a pocket); waste thread; fibers, such as might wrap around the gears in small mechanisms and cause them to jam; fluff ➜ 綿ぼこり

noun:

• Ursa Minor (constellation); the Lesser Bear

expression:

• just after a holiday break; the first day after the holidays

noun:

• aimless attempt; shot in the dark - obscure term

noun:

• Abudefduf; genus of damselfish in the family Pomacentridae

expression:

• when one door is shut, another is open; the world is as kind as it is cruel - proverb

noun:

• sastrugi; parallel wave-like ridges formed on a snow surface by the wind

noun:

• heaven without fighting; one of the six heavens of the desire realm - Buddhism term ➜ 六欲天

noun:

• Boötes (constellation); the Herdsman - Astronomy term

noun:

• Noctua (no longer recognized constellation); the Owl - Astronomy term

noun:

• singularity (climate); day in the calendar when a particular weather phenomenon is statistically likely to occur