明

end of mourning period (usu. 49 days)

graduation certificate; diploma; testamur

lighting effects

Fiction; Company name

Minmeishobō (publishing company featured in the manga series "Sakigake!! Otokojuku")

zona pellucida

Buddhism

Ucchusma

to be frank; to speak one's mind; to open one's heart

cannot live even a minute without someone or something; meaning the world to one

hyaloplasm

simple and plain; frank, direct and unambivalent; straightforward

vacancy; room for rent or lease

Dated term

gap (between two objects); opening; space

Yojijukugo

beautiful scenery of spring

red-light district

Aegean civilization (civilisation)

Law

credibility; probative value; power of evidence on a judge's mind

lamplight; torchlight

explanation (for purpose of convincing a judge)

a transparent body

simple, plain, and artless; clear, concise, and unaffected

Buddhism

Atavaka (guardian deity)

Mahjong

turning a concealed pung into an open kong by calling another player's discard

to wait all night

to die; to quit this world; to return to the earth; to go the way of all flesh; to part forever

three days from today

four days from today

clash of civilizations