noun:

• steel made from iron sand or black sand (used in sword blades)

expression:

• (in the work) cited; aforementioned work; op. cit. (opere citato, opus citatum)

noun:

• lip reading (esp. in context of deaf people); lipreading; speech reading; speechreading ➜ 読唇術

adverb:

• at all times; at any time; in rain or shine; reliably

godan ~む verb:

• to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path

noun:

• variation route (esp. in mountain-climbing); alternative route

noun:

• shadow mask (in colour television)

noun:

• type of humorous book popular in the Edo period (from the 1750s)

godan ~す verb:

• to boil, then discard the liquid (in order to remove astringency)

noun:

• revitalizing treatment that stimulates the organs or the meridians (in Chinese medicine)

noun:

• first or solo run in a race (grand prix, horse race, etc.)

noun:

• mound on which targets are placed (in archery); firing mound

noun:

• dialects of Japanese spoken in Western Tottori prefecture and Eastern Shimane prefecture ➜ 出雲弁

noun:

• the first time in the year that one wears an awase kimono ➜ 袷

noun:

• post horse; horses used in the post-station system of old Japan - archaism

noun:

• tree covered in fresh green leaves; newly green trees of early Summer ➜ 新緑・若葉

noun:

• noro; member of a hereditary caste of female mediums in Okinawa

noun:

• period in the sixth and seventh centuries prior to the Taika reform ➜ 大化の改新

noun:

• imminent danger; like a carp stuck in a puddle on the road [literal]

noun:

• break and run out in billiards (9 ball, 8 ball, etc.).

noun:

• net cafe refugee; homeless person living in an Internet cafe ➜ ネカフェ難民【ネカフェなんみん】

noun:

• net cafe refugee; homeless person living in an Internet cafe - abbreviation ➜ ネットカフェ難民【ネットカフェなんみん】

noun:

• rice granules; coarse glutinous rice flour (often used in candy production)

noun:

• medicine man; witch doctor (doctor specialized in treating illnesses caused by magic)

noun:

• frequency; popularity; currency

~する noun:

• to perform well; to be successful in an activity