noun:

• image compression - IT term

noun / ~する noun:

• extending stay (somewhere)

noun:

• F sharp major - Music term

noun:

• Engen era (of the Southern Court) (1336.2.29-1340.4.28)

noun:

• round burial mound

noun:

• crossed fingers and word said to call someone to be avoided as 'dirty' - children's language

~する noun:

• to cross one's fingers (to ward off 'dirt')

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to hit somebody where they least expect it; to take revenge on someone in an unlikely place; to get revenge on someone in a different contest - idiom

noun:

• common broom (Cytisus scoparius, Genista scoparia); Scotch broom; English broom - orig. from Spanish 'hiniesta'

noun:

• Edo chrysanthemum; variety of chrysanthemum originally cultivated in Edo
• China aster (Callistephus chinensis) ➜ 蝦夷菊

noun:

• recruiting (inviting application for) through personal connections - four character idiom
• private (stock) offering (subscription)

noun:

• circumstantial retribution; circumstances (e.g. geographical, societal) one is born into because of karma in previous lives - Buddhism term ➜ 正報

noun:

• type of faceted glass from Edo ➜ 切り子ガラス

noun:

• sun of wisdom; Buddha's or Bodhisattva's limitless light of wisdom - Buddhism term

noun:

• eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginiana); red cedar; red juniper; pencil cedar; aromatic cedar

noun:

• practice problem

noun:

• distant relative

noun:

• specialized weapon or skill; specialised weapon or skill

noun:

• teacher's mark or grade book

noun:

• cecidium; gall - Botany term ➜ 虫こぶ

noun:

• heave! (sound made while pulling a heavy vehicle)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to stop at a (train) station

noun:

• permanent voter registration list

noun:

• asyndetic - IT term

noun:

• exalted position

noun:

• flame reaction; flame test; flame coloration test - Chemistry term