noun:

• notches; serration; indentation; jaggies (stair-step artifacts in computer images) - onomatopoeia

adjectival noun / adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• notched; serrated; jagged; corrugated; milled - onomatopoeia

noun:

• Japanese puppet theatre in which recited narrative and dialog is accompanied by a shamisen (forerunner of bunraku) ➜ 浄瑠璃・文楽

noun:

• popularization; simplification; explaining in simple language
• adaptation of history for popular reading (esp. Chinese); historical novel writing

noun:

• country's official writing system; native script
• kana ➜ 仮名【かな】
• kanji that originated in Japan (as opposed to China) ➜ 漢字

noun:

• bardo; state (or period) of intermediate existence between one's death and rebirth (in Japan, 49 days) - Buddhism term

noun:

• modal shift (esp. changes in freight transport, e.g. from air to sea)

noun:

• carton (e.g. of cigarettes)
• tray (in which money is placed when paying); dish
• pasteboard ［カルトン］ - From French "carton"

noun:

• protective household deity in Tōhoku, appearing as a red-faced child spirit with bobbed hair

noun:

• type of food (sliced dried herring or other fish wrapped in konbu seaweed and boiled)

noun:

• var. of knot often used to tie mizu-hiki
• woman's hairstyle, braided in this fashion

noun:

• bardo; state (or period) of intermediate existence between one's death and rebirth (in Japan, 49 days) - Buddhism term ➜ 中陰・四有

noun:

• "New Nessie" (unidentified sea creature discovered by Japanese trawler Zuiyo Maru in 1977)

noun:

• crime committed together by two or more people (in which each is known as a co-principal)

noun:

• sabdavidya (ancient Indian linguistic and grammatical studies) ➜ 五明
• chanting of Buddhist hymns (usu. in Sanskrit or Chinese) - Buddhism term

interjection:

• buh-boo (from sound of 'wrong' buzzer in quiz shows, used when somebody says an incorrect answer) - colloquialism Antonym: ピンポン

noun:

• link banner (graphic or logo provided for use in linking to web site) - IT term

noun:

• Japanese huchen (Hucho perryi) (salmonoid fish found in Hokkaido that grows up to 1.5 meters)

noun / ~する noun:

• scattering (e.g. of islands, Go pieces, etc., often in a harmonious balance); dispersal; constellation; irregular spread - archaism - obscure term

noun:

• cornering someone by lying in wait, e.g. for an unexpected interview or photograph; doorstepping - idiom

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• hanging; dangling

expression / adverbial noun:

• more than one can possibly use; countless (e.g. examples); (money) to burn; rolling in (cash)

noun:

• partitioned lidded wooden lunchbox
• food served in such a box

noun:

• charm; talisman; amulet
• tally
• sign; mark; note

counter:

• fu; unit used in calculation of a hand's score - Mahjong term

noun:

• self-service drink area in a restaurant (incl. soft drinks, coffee, tea, etc.) - From English "drink bar"

noun:

• woman peddler in Kyoto from Ohara (typically with a bundle of sticks, etc. on her head)

noun:

• circumstantial retribution; circumstances (e.g. geographical, societal) one is born into because of karma in previous lives - Buddhism term ➜ 正報