noun / ~する noun:

• publishing part by part (e.g. in a magazine)

noun / ~する noun:

• purification ceremony (performed with water); ritual purification; ablutions - Shintō term

noun:

• Nasolamia (genus of requiem shark in the family Carcharhinidae whose only member is the whitenose shark)

noun:

• blogosphere (the world of blogs and bloggers)

noun / ~する noun:

• overtaking (in motorsports); passing - Sports term

expression / godan ~る verb (irregular):

• to be (in contrast to something that is not the case) - である with は ➜ である

noun:

• sihu (4-stringed Chinese musical instrument played with a bow) - obscure term ➜ 四胡

noun:

• Kusshi (lake monster said to be living in Hokkaido's Lake Kussharo)

noun:

• daily-use kanji (superseded in 1981) ➜ 常用漢字

noun:

• Harbour Ward (e.g. in Tokyo)

auxiliary verb / ichidan verb:

• indicates passive voice (incl. the "suffering passive") - れる for 五段 verbs, られる for 一段 verbs. After the -nai stem of a verb ➜ 迷惑の受身【めいわくのうけみ】
• indicates the potential form - no imperative form
• indicates spontaneous occurrence - no imperative form
• used as an honorific for others' actions - no imperative form - honorific language

noun:

• (time limit imposed by the) statute of limitations

noun:

• outdoor party where guests cook various types of vegetables (esp. in Tōhoku); stewed potato party [literal]

noun:

• white cane (for the blind or visually impaired)

noun:

• Hozukius emblemarius (species of fish closely related to the rockfish)

noun / ~する noun:

• ignoring a text message by leaving it unopened and marked as "unread" (in the chat application LINE) - colloquialism ➜ スルー

noun / ~する noun:

• moving forward by sliding on one's knees (in the presence of high-ranking individuals)

noun:

• state amateur (government-funded sportsperson in training) - From English "state amateur"

noun:

• Acanthopanax sciadophylloides (species of flowering plant related to the aralias)

noun:

• metallurgy (the science)

noun / ~の noun:

• acute (of the shape of a leaf); acuminate; pointed ➜ 鈍頭

noun:

• stone for cutting one's pubic hair (in public baths)(Edo period) - archaism

noun:

• Reiyukai (Buddhist sect founded in 1919 as an offshoot of Nichiren Buddhism)

noun:

• small part (of the whole) Antonym: 大部分

noun:

• Poria cocos (species of basidiomycete used in Chinese medicine) - archaism ➜ 茯苓