noun:

• black and white striped curtain (used at funeral service)

noun:

• drum used in ancient warfare to signal an attack

noun:

• mameitagin; Edo-period lump of silver used as currency

noun:

• portable dais used to create a removable tokonoma ➜ 床の間

noun:

• field cap (used by Japanese troops in WW II)

noun:

• earthenware pot (used as a decanter); jar; jug

noun:

• Cerekinon (trimebutine maleate), used to treat irritable bowel syndrome

noun:

• elements deserving criticism; material used to criticize someone (something) - four character idiom

pronoun:

• I (mainly used by working men); myself

noun:

• very large float used to carry taiko at festivals

noun:

• characters used by Western civilization (esp. the Latin alphabet) - obscure term ➜ ローマ字

noun:

• carborundum (hard silicon carbide solid, used as an abrasive) ➜ 炭化ケイ素

noun:

• self deprecating first person pronoun used by the elderly - archaism - male language

noun:

• Glehnia littoralis (species of umbellifer used in Chinese medicine) - obscure term ➜ 浜防風

noun:

• Glehnia littoralis (species of umbellifer used in Chinese medicine) - obscure term ➜ 浜防風

noun:

• pescatore (used in reference to Italian dishes with seafood) - From Italian

expression:

• suffix used to negate a verb in the past tense - polite language ➜ ません

noun:

• Poria cocos (species of basidiomycete used in Chinese medicine)

noun:

• formerly used Vietnamese script based on Chinese characters - From Vietnamese "chữ nôm"

noun:

• portable shrine used to transport a sacred object ➜ 羽車

noun:

• chimney (narrow cleft used to climb a rock face) - From German "Kamin" ➜ チムニー

noun:

• stone(s) used to weigh down a fishing net - obscure term

suffix:

• honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name - archaism - honorific language

noun:

• knotted cords used to record figures, facts, etc.; quipu

noun:

• stepper (device used in the manufacture of integrated circuits)