noun:

• Liujiang man; one of the earliest modern humans found in East Asia

noun:

• United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands (1950-1972); USCAR ➜ 琉球列島米国民政府

noun:

• Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (in Japan); SCAP

noun:

• mythological growth (tumour) that takes the shape of a human face

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to taste and compare several dishes (or foods) of the same type

expression:

• even the gods drink sake; there's nothing wrong with drinking - proverb

noun:

• himedaka; gold-colored breed of the Japanese rice fish (Oryzias latipes) ➜ メダカ

noun:

• Trapa incisa (species of plant closely related to the water caltrop)

expression:

• idea that all things in the universe lack their own unchangeable substances - Buddhism term ➜ 四法印【しほういん】

noun / ~する noun:

• doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own Antonym: 団体行動

noun:

• intensive deliberation
• televised parliamentary debate for an important issue (esp. the budget)

noun:

• deadline (esp. in the entertainment industry); fixed ending time - colloquialism

noun:

• foot towel; cloth for wiping the bottoms of one's feet

noun:

• farmland given to nobles of the fifth rank or above (ritsuryo system)

noun / ~する noun:

• buying by the carton (e.g. cigarettes, trading cards, etc.) - colloquialism

expression:

• May the Force be with you (Star Wars) ➜ フォースと共にあらんことを【フォースとともにあらんことを】

expression:

• May the Force be with you (Star Wars) ➜ フォースと共にあれ【フォースとともにあれ】

noun:

• merchant class culture that flourished in Edo during the Bunka-Bunsei period ➜ 文化文政時代

expression:

• being ready to drink sake by the keg; drinking like a fish

noun:

• nowcast; prediction of the very near future (esp. one hour weather forecast)

expression / noun:

• not getting with the times; being unaware of how things are changing - idiom

noun:

• swatting; deceiving the police into sending armed officers to a particular address

noun:

• regulation baseball (as opposed to the variety played with a rubber ball) ➜ 軟式野球

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to board; to take; to embark
• to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to jump on; to sit on; to mount ➜ 載る【のる】
• to reach; to go over; to pass
• to follow; to stay (on track); to go with (the times, etc.)
• to take part; to participate; to join
• to get into the swing (and sing, dance, etc.)
• to be deceived; to be taken in
• to be carried; to be spread; to be scattered - usu. with an adverb of manner, e.g. よく乗る
• to stick; to attach; to take; to go on - usu. with an adverb of manner, e.g. よく乗る

noun:

• eaves
• narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building ➜ 庇