noun / ~する noun:

• soaking fabric in lukewarm water (to soften and remove starch); desizing; moistening with steam
• blanching (food); parboiling food

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to make something (e.g. paper) from wet, pulpy material by spreading it thin and drying it

noun:

• bryophyte (any of three groups of non-vascular land plants, incl. mosses, hornworts and liverworts)

noun:

• pearl-spot chromis (Chromis notata, species of damselfish found in southern Japan, Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, and China)

noun:

• smooth-hound (Mustelus mustelus, houndshark found in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean)

noun:

• Acanthuroidei (suborder of the order Perciformes, containing the families Acanthuridae, Ephippidae, Luvaridae, Scatophagidae, Siganidae, and Zanclidae)

noun:

• official during the ritsuryo period who was allowed to use the state-provided stables and horses - archaism

noun:

• dish of pickled skipjack tuna entrails sometimes mixed with sake, honey, mirin and onions (specialty of Kochi Prefecture)

noun:

• tanbo art; using rice of various types and colours to create giant pictures in rice fields

noun:

• property ward; special local public body which has its own property, etc. and bears the expenses for it ➜ 特別地方公共団体【とくべつちほうこうきょうだんたい】

noun:

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

noun:

• ukiyo-e print produced with various shades of indigo (and sometimes small amounts of vermilion or yellow) ➜ 藍摺

noun:

• flower shower; throwing flower petals over the bride and groom after exchanging of vows

noun:

• crow dipper (Pinellia tuber) ➜ カラスビシャク
• 11th day after the summer solstice; last seed-sowing and rice-planting day - abbreviation ➜ 半夏生

noun:

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

noun:

• the capital city (often Tokyo) area (typically within 50 km of city's centre) (center)

adverb:

• supposing; even if; granting that; for argument's sake
• temporarily; provisionally; for the time being

noun:

• vajra (indestructible substance); diamond; adamantine
• thunderbolt; Indra's weapon; Buddhist symbol of the indestructible truth

noun:

• athlete's foot
• water boatman (esp. species Hesperocorixa distanti)
• Asellus hilgendorfi (species of aquatic sowbug)

noun:

• there being no use in arguing (about it); being stone-deaf to someone's appeals - four character idiom

noun:

• devil's walking stick (tree) (Aralia elata); Japanese angelica tree

noun / ~する noun:

• staying out overnight without giving notice; spending night(s) away from home without permission (leave) - four character idiom

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to pick something out (nose, hole, etc.)
• to pry (into people's private affairs)

noun:

• Ksitigarbha (jizo) who listens to people's complaints (statue at the Keihou Temple at Nagoya)

noun:

• Coalition of the Willing (nations who supported America's preemptive strike in Iraq in 2003)