adverb:

• a very short while ago; very early (e.g. in the morning)

noun:

• congagement; containment and engagement (in foreign affairs) - obscure term

noun:

• komi; extra points given to the white player as compensation for playing second (in go)

noun:

• bardo; state (or period) of intermediate existence between one's death and rebirth (in Japan, 49 days) - Buddhism term ➜ 中陰・四有

noun:

• little emperor; spoilt only child (in China)

noun:

• red Fuji; when Mt Fuji appears red because of the sun's rays (esp. in the early morning from late summer to early autumn)

adverb / noun / adjectival noun / ~する noun:

• bits and pieces; frizzily (as in perm) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• Hojo clan symbol; Hojo family crest (three triangles in a triangular pattern)

noun:

• non-support; disapproval (e.g. in an opinion poll)

noun:

• distant fire; fire at some distance (in cooking)

expression / noun:

• fight from which neither part benefits (but a third part does); a fight between the snipe and the clam (ends in the fisherman's profit) [literal] - idiom ➜ 漁夫の利

noun:

• data density; packing density (deprecated in this sense) - IT term

noun:

• Chakravartin; ideal universal ruler (in Indian religions)

noun:

• bardo; state (or period) of intermediate existence between one's death and rebirth (in Japan, 49 days) - Buddhism term

noun:

• points (already) allotted to one; points (already) gained (in earlier rounds)

expression / noun:

• god-like existence; person far higher (in hierarchy, etc.) than oneself

noun:

• slowdown strategy; go-slow tactics (of workers in a labor dispute) - four character idiom

noun:

• collected item; artifact (in museum, etc.)

noun:

• detailed written report; formal account (of steps taken in response to an incident, etc.)

noun:

• nil return; nothing offered (e.g. in wage negotiations)

noun:

• wearing a yukata; (in) one's informal summer kimono

noun:

• hand signal; visual signal (in dog training) ➜ 声符【せいふ】

noun:

• Chakravartin; ideal universal ruler (in Indian religions) ➜ 転輪王

noun:

• narezushi; fermented sushi (pickled in brine rather than vinegar), precursor of modern sushi

noun:

• Tenpo calendar; Japan's last lunisolar calendar (in use from 1844 to 1872)