noun:

• solid wood (as opposed to veneer); natural wood

noun:

• deconstruction (as in the term coined by Jacques Derrida)

noun:

• sweet Lolita (fashion style) (as opposed to Gothic Lolita) ➜ ゴスロリ

noun:

• leaving on time (e.g. as opposed to paid or unpaid overtime)

noun:

• part of the fabric that is tucked closest to the skin when wearing a garment that is wrapped in front of one (such as a kimono) ➜ 上前

noun:

• cutting stock (extra material cut off in machining operations as a safety margin for tolerances); machining allowance

noun:

• Cephaloscyllium (genus of catshark known as swellsharks in the family Scyliorhinidae capable of inflating their body)

noun:

• Empress's Birthday (esp. as celebrated prior to WWII)

noun:

• logical paragraph (as opposed to a formal paragraph); segment of text expressing a single meaning ➜ 形式段落

noun:

• realism (as opposed to nominalism) ➜ 実在論【じつざいろん】

noun:

• train ticket printed on soft paper, etc. (usu. dispensed from a vending machine as part of a roll) ➜ 硬券

expression / ichidan verb:

• to advance (as of a baseball game); to repeat

noun / ~の noun:

• tartar (as formed during the fermentation of wine, etc.)

noun:

• rock tripe (edible lichen used as medication in Korea, China and Japan)

noun:

• bing-bong bang-bong (Big Ben chimes, used as a bell in Japanese schools) ➜ 予鈴

noun / ~する noun:

• recording audio at home (as opposed to in a studio)

noun:

• trot (as in horse riding) - obscure term

noun:

• direct kanji input (as opposed to kana-kanji conversion) - abbreviation - IT term ➜ 漢字直接入力

noun:

• minor or untalented actor (relegated to roles such as the legs of a stage horse)

expression:

• dogs and monkeys (esp. as an example of a bad relationship, like that between cats and dogs) ➜ 犬猿

noun:

• culture of a higher order (as opposed to fundamental culture) ➜ 基層文化

noun:

• PASMO (rechargeable prepaid IC card that can be used as a train and bus ticket in the greater Tokyo region and also as electric money in some stores) ➜ スイカ

noun:

• Siebold's wild ginger (esp. its dried root or rhizome, used as an antitussive and analgesic in traditional Chinese medicine) ➜ 薄葉細辛

noun:

• prefix (as a part-of-speech) - Linguistics term

noun:

• branch of a sacred tree (esp. sakaki) with paper or cotton strips attached (used as an offering) - Shintō term
• sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica) ➜ 榊