noun:

• white-spotted char (Salvelinus leucomaenis leucomaenis); Japanese char

noun:

• koto (13-stringed Japanese zither)
• stringed instrument ［こと］ - archaism
• zheng (Chinese zither); guzheng ［箏・筝］

noun:

• written language; literary language
• formal (or archaic) written style based on Heian-period Japanese

noun:

• nashi (Pyrus pyrifolia, esp. var. culta); Japanese pear; Asian pear; sand pear; apple pear

noun / ~する noun:

• reading in a monotone
• reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese

noun:

• Japanese katydid (Gampsocleis buergeri)
• katydid; bush-cricket (Tettigoniidae); long-horned grasshopper
• cricket - archaism

noun:

• rhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)

noun:

• Chinese parasol-tree (Firmiana simplex); Chinese-bottletree; Japanese varnishtree; phoenix-tree

noun:

• Japanese style of calligraphy based on the gyousho style popular in the Edo period ➜ 青蓮院流

noun:

• toad with wart-covered skin (esp. the Japanese toad or the wrinkled frog) - colloquialism

noun:

• clocks made in Japan, mainly in the Edo period; clocks that tell Japanese time

noun:

• negative question; question asked in the negative (e.g. "Can't you read Japanese?") - Linguistics term

noun:

• the "wa" column of the Japanese syllabary table (wa, wi, we, wo)

noun:

• rope that ties the lower end of the sail to the hull (on a Japanese-style ship)

noun:

• the "ka" column of the Japanese syllabary table (ka, ki, ku, ke, ko)

noun:

• the "sa" column of the Japanese syllabary table (sa, shi, su, se, so)

noun:

• the "ta" column of the Japanese syllabary table (ta, chi, tsu, te, to)

noun:

• the "ha" column of the Japanese syllabary table (ha, hi, fu, he, ho)

noun:

• the "ma" column of the Japanese syllabary table (ma, mi, mu, me, mo)

noun:

• the "ra" column of the Japanese syllabary table (ra, ri, ru, re, ro)

noun:

• even pitch; accentless pitch; Japanese pitch accent pattern with no drop from high to low pitch

noun:

• Japanese marten (Martes melampus)
• marten (any arboreal weasel-like mammal of genus Martes)

noun:

• The Circle of Rainbow Light; Japanese religious group based on the teachings of Aum Shinrikyo ➜ オウム真理教

noun:

• the "a" column of the Japanese syllabary table (a, i, u, e, o)

noun:

• the "na" column of the Japanese syllabary table (na, ni, nu, ne, no)