noun:

• a good time to view the moon (i.e. when it is full) - archaism

noun:

• being unable to see the (harvest) moon because of rain - archaism
• fifth lunar month ➜ 皐月

noun:

• Pentateuch (first five books of the Bible, traditionally attributed to Moses) ➜ 律法

noun:

• Pentateuch (first five books of the Bible, traditionally attributed to Moses) - obscure term ➜ モーセ五書

noun:

• fare box; place where one puts the money required to ride public transportation

noun:

• Pteromys volans orii (subspecies of the Siberian flying squirrel, endemic to Hokkaido)

noun:

• "No." (Zhaozhou's answer to the koan "Does a dog have Buddha nature?") - Buddhism term ➜ 狗子仏性

noun:

• manas-vijnana (defiled mental consciousness, which gives rise to the perception of self) - Buddhism term

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to change the subject (e.g. away from something awkward or inconvenient)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to not be worthy of the reputation (e.g. restaurant, Diet member, etc.)

noun:

• waiting (e.g. at the stage door) for performers or celebrities to exit - slang ➜ 入り待ち

noun:

• striated surgeonfish (Ctenochaetus striatus, species of bristletooth tang native to the Indo- Pacific)

noun:

• twospot surgeonfish (Ctenochaetus binotatus, species of bristletooth tang native to the Indo-Pacific)

noun:

• luvar (Luvarus imperialis, species of perciform fish closely related to the surgeonfish)

noun:

• man who causes the weather to become sunny when he gets out ➜ 雨男

noun:

• woman who causes the weather to become sunny when she goes out ➜ 雨女

noun:

• alcohol or sake drunk during the meal (as opposed to aperitifs, digestifs, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• prostration; placing knees, hands and forehead on the ground to show utmost respect - Buddhism term

noun:

• merchant guild entrusted by the shogunate to manage its respective trade (Edo period)

noun:

• National Military Establishment; forerunner to the U.S. Department of Defense (1947-1949)

expression:

• good fortune and happiness will come to the home of those who smile - from Chinese 打開笑門福自來 - four character idiom ➜ 笑う門には福来る

expression:

• (good fortune and happiness will come to) the home of those who smile - on New Year's decorations hung over the front door - abbreviation ➜ 笑門来福

expression:

• good fortune and happiness will come to the home of those who smile - from Chinese 打開笑門福自來 - four character idiom ➜ 笑う門には福来る

expression / noun:

• the last remaining piece (which people are reluctant to take for themselves) - Ōsaka dialect

noun / ~する noun:

• prostration; placing knees, hands and forehead on the ground to show utmost respect - Buddhism term ➜ 五体投地【ごたいとうち】