noun:

• courteous language (i.e. humble language in which an action or object is not directed toward the listener or a third party) ➜ 謙譲語ＩＩ

noun:

• toe-in (alignment of the front wheels of a motor vehicle closer together at the front than at the back)

noun:

• (a) scroll

noun:

• tongue (of a shoe)

noun:

• market trial (of a product, service)

noun:

• rights and wrongs (of a case); relative merits (of a case)

noun / ~する noun:

• extracting bacteria (from a petri dish, etc.)

noun:

• entrance (i.e. of a Japanese house) ➜ 上がり口
• start of a rise (e.g. in prices)

noun / ~する noun:

• studying two lines together (as a major and a minor)

noun:

• acting leader (usu. of a party)

noun:

• hall of offerings (at a shrine)

noun:

• self-introduction (of a character in noh theatre) ➜ 名乗り

noun:

• soft rice (cooked in a pot) - archaism ➜ 強飯

noun:

• tail (of a traditional Japanese cap)
• chinstrap

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to start an act (of a play); to have curtains open; to have an (event, period of history, etc.) start ➜ 幕を閉じる

noun:

• triptan (any one of a family of drugs used to treat severe headaches)

noun:

• sleeve (esp. of a kimono); pocket of sleeve ➜ 袂を分かつ
• vicinity (esp. of a bridge)
• foot of a mountain; base of a mountain

noun:

• reception hall (in a temple or palace)

noun:

• Little's disease (i.e. spastic diplegia, a form of cerebral palsy)

noun:

• pool (in a river)

noun:

• Okinawa soba (thick noodles served in a pork soup)

noun:

• the last train or bus (of a day)

noun:

• Rip van Winkle effect (for a woman); feeling that everything has changed once one comes back to Japan (for a woman)

noun / ~する noun:

• marrying (of a monk) - Buddhism term
• returning to secular life (of a monk) - Buddhism term

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to bend (a piece of wood, etc.); to bow