expression:

• right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...

noun:

• older and fashionable man (wild-looking, burly, etc.) - colloquialism

noun:

• Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)

expression / noun:

• casting off the drudgery of everyday life and doing as one pleases; kicking back

noun:

• dish of fish (meat, etc.), tofu, vegetables boiled together and served with ponzu dipping sauce ➜ ちり鍋

expression / interjection:

• I'm off; see you later ➜ 行ってきます

expression / ~くる verb (spec.):

• to go (and then come back)

noun:

• vegetable-based food (incl. nuts, berries, etc., but excl. all meat and fish) - obscure term ➜ 生臭物

noun:

• Maruyama vaccine (said to be effective against leprosy, cancer and cutaneous tuberculosis)

noun:

• place for ritual cleansing of hands and mouth with water when visiting shrines

noun:

• Xi'an Incident (involving the arrest and confinement of Chiang Kai-shek, December 1936)

noun:

• dazaifu (under the ritsuryo system, governmental office with jurisdiction over Kyushu, Iki and Tsushima) ➜ 律令制

noun:

• farrier (person who fits foot irons on horses and cows); hoof (care) specialist

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• bright (esp. of the moon)
• broad and empty ［こうこう］

noun:

• newline character (either or both of CR and LF depending on system) - IT term

noun:

• joining both chopsticks together and using them as a spoon (breach of chopstick etiquette)

noun:

• rat kangaroo (any marsupial of family Potoroidae, incl. bettongs and potoroos)

noun:

• pteridophyte (any plant of division Pteridophyta, incl. ferns and fern allies)

noun:

• whitecheek surgeonfish (Acanthurus nigricans, species of tang from the Eastern Indian and Pacific Oceans)

noun:

• Parascylliidae; family of collared carpet sharks containing eight species and two genera

expression:

• the poetic feeling of a late spring scene (with flowers scattering and birds chirping) - obscure term - four character idiom

noun:

• woman who played music, danced and worked as a prostitute; good-time girl - archaism

noun:

• part of the imperial palace where dancing girls were trained (Nara and Heian periods) - archaism

noun:

• maid at an inn who served clients and worked as a prostitute (Edo period) ➜ 飯盛り女

expression / adjectival noun:

• clear-cut and straightforward - idiom
• (of a person) forward-thinking; honest; upright; frank - idiom

noun:

• loyalty; devotion; fidelity; faithfulness
• inspector of the Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (ritsuryo system) ➜ 判官【はんがん】・弾正台