noun:

• maneuver to shake, flick, or wipe blood off of a sword - Martial Arts term

noun:

• warm-up (before an act or a TV show recording)
• prologue; introduction

noun / ~する noun:

• adding or removing rolling stock to a train that is in service

noun:

• minivan; people-mover; 6-8 seat automobile with sliding door or doors - abbreviation - From English "one box" ➜ ワンボックスカー

noun:

• Edison effect (thermionic emission from a heated metal or semiconductor)

expression / auxiliary verb:

• auxiliary verb indicating past condition or occurrence (e.g. "was", "had been", etc.) - archaism

noun:

• paper lantern that can be hung outside of a house or store

noun:

• combination microwave and (gas or electric bar) oven - From English "oven range" ➜ 電子レンジ

noun:

• type of dyeing method or pattern; silk printed by the Yuzen process - abbreviation ➜ 友禅染

noun:

• copper alloy with traces of silver, lead, or tin

noun:

• agnosia (loss of ability to recognize objects, persons, sounds, shapes, or smells)

noun:

• sake made from rice or other cereal which is chewed before fermentation

noun:

• split election (where two or more candidates from the same party stand)

noun:

• painting made with gold or silver paint (usu. on a dark background)

noun:

• tweezers (esp. in a medical or laboratory setting); forceps ➜ ピンセット

noun:

• demon who brings misfortune to houses or people he passes by ➜ 通り魔

noun:

• coordinated group gymnastics (in which teams form pyramids or other shapes)

noun:

• salt pickling of a turnip or daikon, incl. leaves and stalk

noun:

• dapeng (giant bird in Chinese mythology, similar to the roc or Garuda)

noun:

• person who repeatedly changes their name through adult adoptions or sham marriages - derogatory term - From English "name laundering"

noun:

• Morganucodonta; extinct order of early mammals or mammal-like creatures

noun:

• grilled balls of stuffed intestine (esp. at food stalls or yakiniku restaurants) ➜ 白【しろ】・ころころ

noun:

• isolated fall of a security or currency in an otherwise strong market

noun:

• tariqa; tariqah; tariqat; Sufi religious brotherhood or its doctrines on spiritual learning - From Arabic "ṭarīqah"

noun:

• minivan; people-mover; 6-8 seat automobile with sliding door or doors - colloquialism - abbreviation ➜ ワンボックス