noun:

• mantis shrimp (any marine crustacean of order Stomatopoda, esp. the species Oratosquilla oratoria)

noun:

• traditional Japanese paper made from the fibre of plant species Diplomorpha sikokiana (high quality, glossy) ➜ 雁皮

expression:

• two heads are better than one; if three people gather; the wisdom of Manjushri [literal] - proverb ➜ 文殊

noun:

• Jeet Kune Do; Way of the Intercepting Fist (martial art founded by Bruce Lee) - Martial Arts term

noun:

• any bird of family Motacillidae (excluding the pipits); wagtail; longclaw

noun:

• minor or untalented actor (relegated to roles such as the legs of a stage horse)

noun:

• expression suggesting that the pace of change makes ten years back seem like ancient history - four character idiom

noun:

• offering of the year's new rice harvest (imperial festival, October 17)

noun:

• lady-killer; casanova; Don Juan
• kabuki actor who has mastered the art of romantic acting

noun:

• era at the turn of 1960s into 70s dominated by grand champions Kitanofuji and Tamanoumi - Sumo term ➜ 北玉時代

noun:

• era at the turn of 1960s into 70s dominated by grand champions Kitanofuji and Tamanoumi - Sumo term

noun:

• ineptitude and inaction; being incapable of devising any appropriate measures to cope with the situation - four character idiom

noun:

• etalon (optical element with parallel surfaces used to increase the coherent length of a laser)

expression / adverb:

• one more; another; the other ➜ 今一つ【いまひとつ】
• not quite ➜ 今一つ【いまひとつ】
• close run; just falling short of success

noun:

• Golden Triangle (area near the borders of Burma, Thailand and Laos)

noun:

• harvesting rice while it is still green
• recruiting of university students before the agreed date ➜ 青田買い【あおたがい】

noun / ~する noun:

• beginning one's studies with something familiar and gradually increasing the depth of learning - four character idiom

noun:

• (of a website) being delisted or censored by the Google search engine

noun:

• off-flavor; bitterness or other unpleasant taste that detracts from the flavour of a drink

noun:

• romanization (representation of foreign words using the Roman alphabet); romanized spelling

noun:

• Potsdam Declaration (July 26, 1945 statement establishing the terms of a Japanese surrender)

noun:

• twelve words used to mark the old calendar as indicators of lucky and unlucky activities

noun:

• twelve words used to mark the old calendar as indicators of lucky and unlucky activites - obscure term ➜ 十二直

noun:

• vijnapti-matrata (theory that all existence is subjective and nothing exists outside of the mind) - Buddhism term

noun:

• implements used to enhance the effect of a play (e.g. props, costumes, etc.)