noun:

• university of applied science (e.g. the Dutch "Hogeschool" and the German "Fachhochschule" institutes of higher education)

noun:

• Gulf surgeonfish (Acanthurus randalli, species of tang found in Florida and northeastern Gulf of Mexico)

noun:

• lacquering technique that uses a coloured-lacquer undercoating and a transparent-lacquer topcoat

noun:

• ten rulers of the afterlife (who judge the dead and determine their placement in their next life) - Buddhism term

expression / noun:

• point where two ocean currents meet (e.g. a warm current and a cold current) ➜ 潮目
• attractive glance - archaism

noun:

• crab shell (often ground or crushed and used as fertilizer); crab shell meal

noun:

• making from scratch (esp. in model-making and information systems); full scratch building - From English "full scratch"

noun / suffix noun:

• fish, meat, vegetables, etc. pickled in kōji and salt; food pickled in malted rice ➜ 麹【こうじ】

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• vigorous for one's age; active despite one's years; hale and hearty; full of beans - onomatopoeia

noun:

• secretly slitting one's belly (and only eventually revealing one's mortal wound) (in kabuki, bunraku, etc.)

noun:

• tangible side of things (such as equipment and facilities; as opposed to the abstract side) ➜ ソフト面

noun:

• the charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; (so beautiful that) flowers are abashed and the moon hides [literal] - four character idiom ➜ 閉月羞花【へいげつしゅうか】・羞月閉花【しゅうげつへいか】・沈魚落雁【ちんぎょらくがん】

noun:

• people who lived in Kyushu in ancient times, and who opposed the state of Yamato

noun:

• dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing - Buddhism term

expression:

• day after day; day in and day out; every single day

noun:

• heart and soul; one's soul (heart)

noun:

• country; countryside
• country; country and western - Music term ➜ カントリーアンドウエスタン
• country; nation

noun:

• rice and money; money to purchase rice

noun:

• complete bed rest; complete rest and quiet - four character idiom

noun:

• electronic information; electronic data; electronics and information

noun:

• test plan; system test and evaluation plan - IT term

noun:

• logic unit; arithmetic and logic unit; ALU - IT term

noun:

• electronic information; electronic data; electronics and information - abbreviation ➜ 電子情報

noun:

• treaty of peace and amity; peace treaty

expression:

• ladies and gentlemen!; roll up, roll up!