expression:

• the importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning ➜ 孟母三遷の教え

expression:

• time when moles transform into quails (second climate of the third month) ➜ 七十二候

noun:

• the shogun's eighty thousand guards, comprising hatamoto and lower-ranking vassals - archaism ➜ 旗本【はたもと】

noun:

• supporter; cheerer (e.g. from the sidelines at a sporting event); rooter

noun:

• upstage left pillar (on a noh stage), next to the flute player

noun:

• place on bridge passageway next to the rear of a noh stage - where the interlude kyogen actors wait ➜ 間狂言

noun:

• theatre staff who deals with the audience (e.g. ticket-taker, usher) ➜ 裏方

noun:

• action taken to soften the impact of something - From English "one cushion"

noun:

• Oreochromis; genus of tilapiine cichlids in the fish family Cichlidae

noun:

• dapeng (giant bird in Chinese mythology, similar to the roc or Garuda)

noun:

• Elatostema umbellatum var. majus (variety of plant related to the nettles)

noun:

• Japanese sweets in the form of long blocks (e.g. yokan, uiro)

noun:

• decorated pottery container for storing the bones of one's ancestors (Okinawa) - called じ〜しか〜み or じ〜しが〜み in Okinawa ➜ 厨子

noun:

• five gates of mindfulness: worship, praise, vows, observation, prayers for the dead - Buddhism term

noun:

• Moro; Muslim inhabitant of the Philippines ［モロ］

adverb:

• conspicuously; openly - colloquialism
• completely; entirely; perfectly; wonderfully - colloquialism

noun:

• appointed official sent to administer a certain region (in the Ryukyu Kingdom)

noun:

• hostess bar where patrons are allowed to touch the hostesses' breasts - slang - vulgar - abbreviation ➜ おっぱいパブ

adjectival noun:

• temporary (of medical care); pallative; dealing only with the symptoms; symptomatic - Medicine term
• superficial

expression / noun:

• difficult person; good-for-nothing; pain in the ass (arse)

noun:

• high-ranking staff member in the Office of Court Ladies (ritsuryo system) - archaism

noun:

• water warts; molluscum contagiosum; viral infection of the skin - colloquialism - Medicine term ➜ 伝染性軟属腫

noun:

• life of the party; inspiring person; (an) inspiration - From English "mood maker"

noun:

• female weaver
• Vega (star in the constellation Lyra); Alpha Lyrae - Astronomy term ➜ 織女星【しょくじょせい】

noun:

• being unable to make up one's mind; sitting on the fence

noun:

• desire for a fire that comes with the cold of autumn