noun:

• small pillars supporting the main pillars of a torii or a temple gate

expression / ichidan verb:

• to raise an objection; to voice an opinion different from those of others

noun:

• tamari soy sauce; variety of rich soy sauce (used for sashimi, etc.)

expression:

• what I want to say is ...; the fact of the matter is ...

noun:

• electoral system comprised of single-seat constituencies and proportionally represented multiple-seat constituencies

noun:

• any shark of genus Centrophorus (esp. the dwarf gulper shark, Centrophorus atromarginatus)

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to wait on someone hand and foot; to take personal care of someone

noun:

• bang bang chicken (Szechuan dish of chicken in a spicy sauce) - From Chinese "bang bang ji"

noun:

• tarsus (group of small bones between the tibia and fibula and the metatarsus)

noun:

• Iranian (any member language of the Iranian language branch, esp. Farsi)

noun:

• weekly ideas; weekly thoughts; ideas brought forth at the conclusion of a week

expression / suffix:

• one Nth part (e.g. one fifth, one tenth); one out of N - after number N ➜ 分の

noun:

• Reeves's muntjac (Muntiacus reeves, species of barking deer); Chinese muntjac

noun:

• development of a text ➜ 起承転結
• the second line in a four-line Chinese poem

noun:

• credits roll (at the end of a show or movie); end credit roll - From English "endroll"

noun:

• black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
• stilt (any bird of family Recurvirostridae); avocet

noun:

• Borneo shark (Carcharhinus borneensis, species of requiem shark found in Borneo and China)

noun / ~する noun:

• reciting something and then recording it; recording of something that has been recited - obscure term

noun:

• Trollius riederianus var. japonicus (Japanese variety of the Kamchatka globeflower, Trollius riederianus)

noun:

• sewing elastic; flat bands of elastic for sewing in cuffs, etc.

noun:

• spring sludge; spring mud (caused by the melting of the snow); (muddy) slush

noun:

• assembly at the end of the day (at a company or school, etc.) ➜ 朝礼【ちょうれい】

noun:

• traditional sake yeast mash starter; oldest surviving traditional style of sake making

adjective:

• having the smell of having been dried in the sun
• provincial; rural; unrefined

noun:

• putting one's own interest ahead of one's party (for a politician) - play on 党利党略 ➜ 党利党略【とうりとうりゃく】