noun:

• ringing one's chopsticks against a dish (in order to request seconds, etc.) (a breach of etiquette)

noun:

• aligning one's chopsticks by tapping them on the table, a dish, etc. (a breach of etiquette)

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to be so angry that one lashes out at unrelated things; to have an outburst of anger

expression:

• small mercy (from some misfortune); silver lining of a dark cloud; consolation in sadness; blessing in disguise

godan ~く verb:

• to have a facial tattoo (esp. one around the eye, one form of punishment in ancient Japan) - was v4k - archaism - obscure term

interjection:

• Aah!; Ooh!; Oh No!; Oh Boy!; expression of despair, resignation, boredom, disgust, etc. ➜ 嗚呼【ああ】

noun:

• iteration mark used to represent repetition of the previous kanji (to be read using its kun-yomi) ➜ 踊り字

noun:

• darner (any dragonfly of family Aeshnidae); devil's darning needle
• dragonfly (esp. a large one)

noun:

• scapulimancy (divination using the cracks in the heated shoulder blade of a deer); scapulomancy; spatulamancy; armomancy - archaism

noun:

• summer purification rites (held at shrines on the last day of the 6th lunar month) ➜ 茅の輪

noun:

• Festival of the Ages (held at Heian Jingu Shrine in Kyoto on Oct. 22); Jidai Festival

noun:

• truth of the middle (all things are in a middle state, being void yet having temporary existence) - Buddhism term ➜ 三諦

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:

• sexual intercourse permitted (by a woman) due to a sense of obligation (rather than desire) - slang

expression / noun:

• official history (e.g. a state-sanctioned account of history subject to revision when the government changes)

suffix:

• relying entirely on ...; using solely ... - after a noun
• with the sole purpose of ...
• based on (mutual consent, etc.)

noun:

• breaking up a match (on the decision of the referee, in boxing, etc.) - From English "referee stop"

noun:

• Galapagos shark (Carcharhinus galapagensis, species of circumtropical requiem shark found in the reef environments around oceanic islands)

noun:

• daggernose shark (Isogomphodon oxyrhynchus, species of requiem shark found in Trinidad, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and Brazil)

noun:

• striped-fin surgeonfish (Ctenochaetus marginatus, species of bristletooth tangs from the Pacific); blue-spotted bristletooth