noun:

• kong; four-of-a-kind - Mahjong term - From Chinese

noun / adjectival noun:

• frivolity; superficiality; fickleness; lack of substance - four character idiom - obscure term ➜ 軽佻浮薄

noun:

• one-child policy (of the PRC)

adjectival noun / noun:

• dried stiff (esp. of something sticky) - colloquialism

noun:

• Whitmania pigra (species of leech)

noun:

• Helobdella stagnalis (species of leech)

expression / noun:

• waste of time

noun:

• concealment (e.g. of facts); nondisclosure

suffix noun:

• takes (e.g. of photographs); exposures

noun:

• imperial family; relatives of the Emperor

noun:

• Mazu; Chinese goddess of the sea

noun:

• way of dealing with someone; attitude ➜ 接する

noun:

• Gnetaceae; family of gymnosperms

noun:

• Gnetopsida; class of gymnosperms

noun:

• otebo bean (var. of Phaseolus vulgaris)

expression / noun:

• benevolent rule of a gracious sovereign

noun:

• list of kanji by school year

expression / adjective:

• capable of anything; liable to do ➜ しかねない

noun:

• cold sharp sword; blade of ice - archaism

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• intimidating; capable of hushing crying children

noun:

• Cellana nigrolineata (species of limpet)

noun:

• chirping of crickets in late autumn - poetical term

noun:

• Meimuna opalifera (species of cicada) ➜ ツクツクボウシ

noun:

• end of outdoor baths (in autumn)

noun:

• near summer; end of spring