noun / ~する noun:

• lengthening a vowel (e.g. as in Kansai dialect) - Linguistics term ➜ 短呼

noun:

• long sound (esp. long vowel) - Linguistics term

noun:

• C4 plant (any plant, such as corn, that uses C4 carbon fixation)

noun / ~する noun:

• walking while holding on to something (such as a wall or table); cruising (i.e. children learning to walk)

noun:

• dried Swertia japonica (used as a traditional medicine) ➜ 千振

noun:

• rising no more (as in illness and death); returning no more; dying

noun:

• traditional "Chinese" medicine for the stomach (usually prepared as small dark spherical pills)

expression:

• pleasantly cool (as in the arrival of autumn) - archaism ➜ 秋涼【しゅうりょう】

noun:

• extensions on the top & bottom of a door that fit into cavities in the frame (as part of a pivot hinge) ➜ 枢【くるる】

noun / ~する noun:

• sitting on the floor grasping one's knees (as in a gym class) - Kansai dialect ➜ 体育座り

noun:

• aschelminth (any invertebrate animal formerly classified as belonging to phylum Aschelminthes)

noun:

• public goods (i.e. goods or services such as lighthouses, military installations, etc., which are provided by government) ➜ 集合財

noun:

• deep slumber (as if under a spell)

noun:

• Kansai-style sushi (esp. pressed sushi, such as battera) ➜ バッテラ・押し鮨【おしずし】

noun:

• part of a kanji for which the role is primarily to represent the meaning (as opposed to the pronunciation) ➜ 音符

noun:

• tagged (as in a tagged cell) - IT term

noun:

• tachibana peel (oft. minced and used as a spice) ➜ 橘
• yellow-dyed leather ［黄皮］

noun:

• C3 plant (any plant, such as rice, that uses C3 carbon fixation)

noun:

• original (that was parodied or acted as an inspiration for something else, etc.) ➜ ねた

noun:

• thin Japanese paper (used as tissue during the Edo period) - archaism ➜ 杉原紙

noun:

• flowers and incense (given as a Buddhist offering)

noun / ~する noun:

• collapsing load (as on lorries, trucks)

noun:

• (as used in Northern Japan) greenling ➜ 鮎魚女
• (as used in Kochi and surrounds) medaka ricefish ➜ 目高

noun:

• the western part of Japan (esp. Kyushu, but ranging as far east as Kinki) - abbreviation
• western nations (esp. India or Europe)
• 33 temples in the Kinki area containing a statue of Avalokitesvara ➜ 西国三十三所
• a pilgrimage of these temples ➜ 西国巡礼

noun:

• dyeing one's hair oneself (as opposed to having it done by a hairdresser) - From English "self colour"

expression / noun / ~する noun:

• some nerve (as in 'you must have some nerve to ...')