noun:

• Reduced Instruction Set Computer (or Computing); RISC - IT term

noun:

• stick with a hook, claw or other handling mechanism

noun:

• method of dealing or coping with stress

expression:

• no heat or cold lasts over the equinox - proverb

suffix:

• honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name - archaism - honorific language

noun:

• idol (i.e. carving or painting of a deity)

noun:

• circular stone or jasper ornament from the Kofun era

noun:

• (in gagaku or noh) middle section of a song ➜ 序破急

noun:

• rusty color produced when black or purple clothes fade

noun / ~の noun:

• suspicion of having (or to be making) nuclear weapons

noun:

• small shovel or trowel used in gardening ➜ 移植ごて

noun:

• conclusion; summing up (of a thesis or presentation) - obscure term

noun:

• boiled daikon (or turnip, etc.) eaten hot with miso

noun:

• rank-deciding competitions (e.g. in go or shogi)

noun:

• inzimino (Italian chickpea stew, often including squid or cuttlefish) - From Italian

noun:

• motorcycle (with a displacement of 50cc or more); motorbike

noun:

• fatty pork (from cheek, neck or shoulder)

noun:

• symplesiomorphy; ancestral trait shared by two or more taxa

noun:

• fresh or dried fish preserved in salt

noun:

• recipient; receiving side; place or person that receives something

noun:

• harsh criticism
• something worthless or of little value

noun:

• small gate in a mud or stone wall

noun:

• publication in a new format or binding; special edition ➜ 新装【しんそう】

noun:

• forest or grove of trees surrounding a residence

noun:

• authentic text (as opposed to a copy or duplicate) ➜ 正文【せいぶん】