noun:

• normalization (of a social problem, of a situation, etc.)

expression:

• I'll write again soon (closure for a letter, etc.); more anon; sincerely yours; yours truly ➜ 不宣【ふせん】

noun:

• source document type (of a link) - IT term

noun:

• barb (of a feather)

noun:

• lecture (on a special topic)

noun:

• uneven heating of food (esp. in a microwave) ➜ 斑【むら】・加熱ムラ【かねつムラ】

noun:

• huqin (any Chinese string instrument played with a bow)
• biwa (4 or 5-stringed Oriental lute) - archaism ➜ 琵琶

godan ~く verb:

• to sweep (with a broom); to clean up - Kyūshū dialect

noun / ~する noun:

• gutting (esp. a fish); gutted fish

expression:

• (of a choice) one being as excellent as the other; both so beautiful it is hard to choose between - idiom

noun:

• uneven heating of food (esp. in a microwave) ➜ 斑【むら】

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to start (e.g. a scene, a war, etc.) ➜ 幕を切る

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)

noun:

• sociolect emphasizing the femininity of the speaker (often a homosexual or transsexual male) - Linguistics term

noun:

• waiting list (waiting for a cancellation)

noun:

• diligence in studying (e.g. continuing to study even in such poor light as offered by a firefly or that reflected by snow); diligent study

noun:

• outtake (of a film, television program, etc.)

noun:

• (a) letter

noun:

• the eight precepts (in addition to the five precepts, prohibitions against: lying in a luxurious bed; self-decoration, song & dance; and eating after noon) - Buddhism term ➜ 五戒

noun:

• sleeping outside (on a hot summer night) - obscure term

noun:

• going downstream (in a boat)

noun:

• adductor muscle (of a bivalve) ➜ 貝柱

noun:

• rain chain (hanging from a gutter and functioning as downspout, often made of ornamental cups)

noun:

• reading (of a word) that has become accepted through popular usage

noun:

• member (of a group led by a kumigashira); member (of a fire brigade)
• muntin; mullion; member; fret