noun:

• magistrate of Nagasaki (Edo period)

noun:

• press corps; group of reporters

noun:

• Zygnematophyceae (class of green algae)

noun:

• morning of the New Year ➜ 元朝【がんちょう】

noun:

• closing of the winter hearth

noun:

• immediate follower (of the shogun) - obscure term ➜ 直参【じきさん】

noun:

• gonarthrosis; osteoarthritis of the knee - Medicine term

noun:

• theatre of the absurd (theater)

expression:

• remote; out-of-the-way

expression / adjective:

• remote; out-of-the-way ➜ 鳥も通わぬ【とりもかよわぬ】

noun:

• shame and hatred of evil

noun:

• shape of one's head - archaism

noun:

• small plank; piece of wood

noun:

• alleviation of congestion (esp. traffic)

noun:

• thicket; bush; clump of bushes

expression / noun:

• sacrament of penance and reconciliation - obsolete term ➜ ゆるしの秘跡

noun:

• partition of an estate (inheritance) - Law term

noun:

• Minister of Agriculture and Forestry - obsolete term ➜ 農林水産大臣

noun:

• nationwide consumption of local products ➜ 地産地消【ちさんちしょう】

noun:

• rear part of the tongue

noun / ~する noun:

• restoration (of an abdicated ruler)

noun:

• Anisakis (genus of parasitic nematodes)

adverb:

• suddenly; all of a sudden

expression:

• to date; as of now - usu. used in superlative clauses together with 一番, 最も, 最悪, etc.

noun:

• single point of failure; SPOF - IT term