noun:

• long metal chopsticks (for handling charcoal, esp. in a brazier); fire tongs

noun:

• important matter (for discussion (deliberations)) - four character idiom

noun:

• thick red ink (used for signature seals); red ink pad; vermillion ink; cinnabar ink

expression / ichidan verb:

• to lose interest (in); to grow less enthusiastic

noun / prefix noun:

• China (sometimes also used in ref. to Korea or other foreign countries) - archaism

noun:

• Parapoxvirus (genus of large oval shaped DNA based viruses in the family Poxviridae)

noun:

• Meiji 27-28 Campaign (alternate name for the First Sino-Japanese war; 1894-1895) - obscure term ➜ 日清戦争

noun:

• Deer-Antler-Cutting Ceremony (held in Nara between late October and early November)

noun:

• middle dot (typographical symbol used between parallel terms, names in katakana, etc.); full-stop mark at mid- character height; interpoint (interword separation) ➜ 中黒・中点

noun:

• invitation letter (e.g. document in support of a visa to enter Japan)

noun:

• Empress doll (in display with Emperor doll)

noun:

• Titans (family of deities in Greek mythology) ➜ クロノス・レア
• Titan (moon of Saturn) - Astronomy term

noun:

• bonnethead (Sphyrna tiburo, species of hammerhead shark found in the Western Hemisphere) ➜ ボンネットヘッド・ボンネット撞木鮫【ボンネットしゅもくざめ】

noun:

• low hit (e.g. in baseball or golf)

~の noun:

• downhill

noun:

• Tenpō era (742-756) (period during the Tang dynasty in China)

noun:

• salt pan (used for boiling seawater to make salt)
• cooking a fish inside a salt crust - abbreviation ➜ 塩釜焼き
• candy made with a wrapping of sweetened rice flour (looking like a salt crust)

noun:

• scapulimancy (divination using the cracks in the heated shoulder blade of a deer); scapulomancy; spatulamancy; armomancy - archaism

noun:

• fire brigade (in Edo) - archaism

noun:

• display shelf (in a store) - archaism
• store; shop - usu. 見世棚

noun:

• western side house (in traditional palatial-style architecture) ➜ 寝殿造

noun:

• God's will (in Christianity) - obscure term

noun:

• strong smell of grass (esp.in summer heat)

noun / ~する noun:

• assistance (in a fight); help; aid; backup

noun:

• helper; supporter

noun:

• type of sweet made with bean paste (local delicacy in Kyoto); cinnamon-seasoned cracknel (cookie)
• zigzag bridge

noun:

• closed-stacks (e.g. in a library); closed shelf system