noun:

• splendid multistoried building ➜ 楼閣
• Ministry of Central Affairs (under the ritsuryo system)

noun:

• adjusting the height of eyeglasses (e.g. using nose pads)

noun:

• round pillars each side of the wall behind a shumidan dais - Buddhism term ➜ 須弥壇

noun:

• the four kinds of demons that make trouble for sentient beings - Buddhism term ➜ 煩悩魔・陰魔・死魔・天魔

noun:

• Glaucophyta; phylum comprising the glaucophytes (a group of freshwater microscopic algae)

noun:

• festival for requests and expressions of thanks to the gods (Okinawa)

adjective:

• warm (esp. from the fever of a sick person); hot; stuffy

noun:

• buying a CD, book, etc. because of the cover

noun:

• buying a CD, book, etc. because of the cover - abbreviation ➜ ジャケット買い【ジャケットがい】

noun:

• Edo-period Shinto sect dedicated to the worship of Mt. Fuji

noun:

• special tile that doubles the score of any hand - Mahjong term ➜ ドラ

noun:

• Beryciformes; order of fishes containing the alfonsinos, squirrelfishes, etc.

noun:

• tears on the sleeves (of one's kimono); "weeping copiously" [figurative] - lit., e.g. in 源氏物語

noun:

• spring staple shortage (before the harvest of rice, wheat, barley, etc.)

noun:

• outer edge of the foot (from little toe to heel) (karate) - Martial Arts term

noun:

• United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands (1950-1972); USCAR

noun:

• United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands (1950-1972); USCAR ➜ 琉球列島米国民政府

noun:

• marlin (fish of the Istiophoridae family) ➜ 梶木【かじき】
• merlin (Falco columbarius); pigeon hawk ➜ 小長元坊【こちょうげんぼう】

noun / ~の noun:

• selection by the state (esp. of a defense lawyer); appointment; assignment ➜ 私選

noun:

• festival celebrating the return of a shintai to its main shrine - Shintō term ➜ 神体

noun:

• mochi used for the celebration of a child's fiftieth day ➜ 五十日の祝

noun / ~の noun:

• one breath; pause; rest
• one go (i.e. in a short time)
• small amount of effort

~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about) - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• cutting in half
• painting or calligraphy done on a half-sized piece of paper - esp. 半折

noun:

• feelings of coolness (e.g. from wearing light clothing in hot weather); cool feeling; cool impression