noun:

• chef (esp. of high-end Japanese cuisine); cook - Kantō dialect ➜ 板場【いたば】
• area of a kitchen that contains the chopping board - orig. meaning

noun:

• mole (Talpidae spp., esp. the small Japanese mole, Mogera imaizumii)

noun:

• row of syllables on the Japanese syllabary table that ends with the vowel sound "a" - Linguistics term ➜ 五十音

noun:

• row of syllables on the Japanese syllabary table that ends with the vowel sound "i" - Linguistics term ➜ 五十音

noun:

• row of syllables on the Japanese syllabary table that ends with the vowel sound "u" - Linguistics term ➜ 五十音

noun:

• row of syllables on the Japanese syllabary table that ends with the vowel sound "e" - Linguistics term ➜ 五十音

noun:

• row of syllables on the Japanese syllabary table that ends with the vowel sound "o" - Linguistics term ➜ 五十音

noun:

• Silver Week (any long string of Japanese public holidays other than Golden Week) - colloquialism ➜ ゴールデンウィーク

noun:

• sugidama; ball made from sprigs of Japanese cedar, traditionally hung in the eaves of sake breweries

noun:

• playing cards bearing proverbs in the traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary

noun:

• Asian countries with strong anti-Japanese sentiment (i.e. China, South Korea, and North Korea) - colloquialism

noun:

• Certificate for Students Achieving the Proficiency Level of Upper Secondary School Graduates; Japanese high-school equivalency examination

noun:

• Certificate for Students Achieving the Proficiency Level of Upper Secondary School Graduates; Japanese high-school equivalency examination - abbreviation ➜ 高等学校卒業程度認定試験

noun:

• Certificate for Students Achieving the Proficiency Level of Upper Secondary School Graduates; Japanese high-school equivalency examination - abbreviation ➜ 高校卒業程度認定試験

noun / ~の noun:

• seitai; manipulative therapy based on Chinese and Japanese traditions, and encompassing osteopathy, massage and chiropractic

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• reconciliation; amicable settlement; accommodation; compromise; mediation; rapprochement
• court-mediated settlement ［わかい］ - Law term
• translation of a foreign language into Japanese - archaism

noun:

• Japanese mutton and vegetable dish; slotted dome cast iron grill for preparing this dish - named after Genghis Khan

noun / ~の noun:

• protrusion; projection

noun:

• (Japanese) hors d'oeuvre; appetizer; snacks - Food term
• (winning technique of) pushing out of the ring - Sumo term

noun:

• kokyu (3 or 4-stringed bowed Japanese musical instrument)
• any Oriental string instrument played with a bow

noun:

• Japanese scull (oar attached to the rear of the boat by a traditional peg-in-hole oarlock)

noun:

• Japanese traditional architectural style where the main entrance is on one or both of the gabled sides ➜ 平入り

noun:

• Asian countries with strong anti-Japanese sentiment (i.e. China, South Korea, and North Korea) - abbreviation - colloquialism ➜ 特定アジア

noun:

• Twenty-Six Martyrs of Japan; group of Japanese and foreign Catholics who were crucified in 1597 at Nagasaki

noun:

• confusing song or poem (esp. used derogatorily to describe a style of middle-age Japanese poetry popularized by Fujiwara no Teika) - obscure term

expression:

• you're not making any sense; can I have that in Japanese? - slang