noun:

• periodic table of the elements - obscure term ➜ 周期表

noun / ~する noun:

• absence on account of illness

noun:

• Minister of Home Affairs

noun:

• samurai in command of a troop of foot soldiers - four character idiom

noun:

• condition of health

noun:

• soldiers of the ritsuryo system that guarded gates of the imperial palace, the court, etc.
• term used in error to refer to young men that were made to do forced labour in the ritsuryo system
• guards originally stationed at the grand shrine at Ise and shrine at Atsuta, Nagoya to protect the officials there

noun:

• game of (blindfolded) tag similar to the children's swimming pool game "Marco Polo"

noun:

• state of ecstasy (rapture); trance; senile dementia - four character idiom

expression / noun:

• law of inertia - Physics term

noun:

• center of a flower (centre); pistils and stamens ➜ 花蕊

noun:

• binding a book in an oblong shape

noun:

• theory of continental drift

noun:

• eddies of wind around high buildings

noun:

• Leaning Tower of Pisa

noun:

• being under the rule of; being under the government of

noun:

• low-ranking monk (tasked with doing kitchen chores)
• monk - derogatory term

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to take up a lot of space; to have a large space to oneself

noun:

• Nagasaki dish of noodles with various toppings

noun:

• highest part of the shoulder (of clothing)

noun:

• skewered pieces of tofu baked and coated with miso - Food term

noun:

• writing some characters (esp. complex kanji) of a compound as kana instead of kanji - e.g. しょう油, 宝くじ

noun:

• Szechuan dish of noodles covered with a sauce of sesame paste and chili oil - From Chinese "dan dan mian"

noun / ~する noun:

• cries of encouragement; shouting encouragement - four character idiom

noun:

• Acts of the Apostles (book of the Bible)

noun:

• leader of a group of juvenile delinquents