noun:

• tetrapod; tetrahedral concrete structure used in breakwaters ➜ 消波ブロック

noun:

• dragon flute; medium-pitched bark-covered bamboo transverse flute with seven holes, used in gagaku

noun:

• saddening (dye); agent used in dyeing to darken a colour
• blanching - Food term

expression:

• things depend on how you use them; all things have their uses when they are used in the right way - proverb

noun:

• yu; free reed wind instrument used in ancient China and Nara period Japan

noun:

• substitution kanji; kanji used in place of a common-use kanji ➜ 常用漢字

noun:

• garden soil; soil used in a garden

noun:

• dragon's blood palm (Daemonorops draco); bright red resin used in medicine, dyes, etc. ➜ 竜血樹

noun:

• traditional Japanese wind instrument resembling panpipes; free-reed instrument used in Japanese court music

noun:

• shirataki noodles; white noodles made from konjak starch, often used in sukiyaki
• waterfall resembling a white sheet

noun:

• (incense) pastille; round cake of incense, esp. used in incense ceremony ➜ 香道

noun:

• kaoliang; variety of sorghum, esp. used in making spirits - From Chinese

noun:

• square; tool, esp. used in carpentry

noun:

• Aspergillus kawachii; Aspergillus awamori var. kawachi; white koji mold, used in shochu production

noun:

• single-pronged vajra; tokko; dokko; copper or iron implement, pointed at both ends, used in esoteric Buddhist rituals - Buddhism term
• cloth of a tokko pattern

expression:

• I quit!; I'm out!; declaring one quits, mainly used in children's games - children's language - Ōsaka dialect

noun / counter:

• nth person to quit a game - children's language - Ōsaka dialect

noun:

• teppeiseki stone; platy andesite; flagstone; dark blue or purple stone, esp. used in paving or gardens

temporal noun:

• today; this day; used in theater (kyogen, noh song, kabuki) when emphasizing ➜ 今日
• these days; recently; nowadays ➜ 今日

noun:

• Mill Test Report; Mill Test Certificate; quality assurance document used in steelmaking industry - From English "mill sheet"

noun:

• blankety-blank; bleep; used in place of sensitive word (often sexually related) - sometimes also **, ○○, etc. - manga slang ➜ 伏せ字

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to fall down; to drop; to fall (e.g. rain); to sink (e.g. sun or moon); to fall onto (e.g. light or one's gaze); to be used in a certain place (e.g. money)
• to be omitted; to be missing
• to decrease; to sink
• to fail (e.g. exam or class); to lose (contest, election, etc.)
• to crash; to degenerate; to degrade; to fall behind
• to become indecent (of a conversation)
• to be ruined; to go under
• to fade; to come out (e.g. a stain); to come off (e.g. makeup); to be removed (e.g. illness, possessing spirit, name on a list) ➜ 狐が落ちる【きつねがおちる】
• to fall (into someone's hands); to become someone's possession
• to fall (into a trap); to fall (for a trick)
• to give in; to give up; to confess; to flee
• to fall; to be defeated; to surrender
• to come to (in the end); to end in
• to fall (in love, asleep, etc.) ➜ 恋に落ちる【こいにおちる】・眠りに落ちる【ねむりにおちる】
• to swoon (judo)
• to consent; to understand ➜ 腑に落ちない【ふにおちない】
• to crash; to freeze - IT term
• to die - of animals
• to move to the depths - of fish when it gets cold

noun:

• gidayū (type of reciting used in the puppet theater) - abbreviation ➜ 義太夫節

noun:

• three-legged metal pot or kettle (used in ancient China) - archaism

noun:

• steel made from iron sand or black sand (used in sword blades)

noun:

• gauntlet (used in Kendo); bracer; fencing glove