noun:

• ancient inscriptions of Chinese characters on oracle bones and carapaces ➜ 甲骨文字

adverb:

• a little more

noun:

• general-auto-action - IT term

noun:

• one vote per nation

noun:

• colored thread; coloured thread

noun:

• yin (i.e. the negative) Antonym: 陽
• unseen location (i.e. somewhere private) ➜ 陰に

noun:

• marionette manipulation

noun / ~する noun:

• (act of) drinking water

noun:

• gastrofiberscope

noun:

• foreigner

noun / ~する noun:

• (theatrical) provincial tour

noun:

• castor oil plant (Ricinus communis)

adjective:

• scary - in far western Honshu dialects - colloquialism

noun:

• interracial marriage; miscegenation

~よい adjective:

• high-spirited; cheerful; assertive; vigorous

noun:

• mental capacity

noun:

• colour table - IT term

pronoun / adverbial noun:

• when - emphatic

adverb:

• greatly; really

noun / ~する noun:

• a (single) reading (a perusal) leaves one dumbfounded - four character idiom

noun:

• Cobitis takatsuensis (species of loach)

noun:

• kanji "thread" radical at left
• textile industry

expression / noun / ~の noun:

• (something) not coming together (as one had hoped or expected); unfortunate turn of events; unexpected turn; (a) crossbill's beak (which has differently shaped upper and lower parts) [literal] - often as ～の食い違い (with the same meaning) - idiom ➜ 交喙

noun:

• regional official responsible for rice storage (under the Yamato court) - archaism
• Inagi (lowest of the eight hereditary titles) ➜ 八色の姓

noun / ~する noun:

• changing (person in charge, etc.); shifting