noun:

• (in soccer) system of using different starting lineups for different matches - Sports term

noun:

• dusky batfish (Platax pinnatus, species of Western Pacific spadefish found from the Ryukyu Islands to Australia)

noun / ~する noun:

• going to bed (usu. with someone) - From English "bed in"

noun:

• word to soften awkward topics (esp. refusal in business conversation, e.g. "I am afraid that ...") - e.g. 申し訳ありませんが、あいにく - obscure term - From English "cushion word"

noun:

• new constitution (in force from 1944); postwar constitution ➜ 大日本帝国憲法・日本国憲法

noun:

• Semang people (Negrito ethnic group of the Malay Peninsula)

noun:

• amendment (of the ritsuryo) - archaism ➜ 律令

noun:

• special purpose submarine (esp. Japanese midget submarines used in WWII)

noun:

• stream of water cascading onto one's back (in an onsen); pelting water; waterfall shower

noun / ~する noun:

• getting angry (with someone who is angry with oneself); snapping back (at someone); lashing out (despite being in the wrong) - slang ➜ キレる

noun:

• three non-rain light cards (high-scoring combination in hanafuda) ➜ 花札

noun:

• silpasthanavidya (ancient Indian study of the arts, incl. mathematics and mechanics) ➜ 五明

noun:

• slub yarn (yarn with lumps, thickening, etc.)

noun:

• self-introduction (of a character in noh theatre) ➜ 名乗り

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to bring a complaint to a person (who is responsible for the problem)

noun:

• soft rice (cooked in a pot) - archaism ➜ 強飯

noun:

• turaco (any bird of family Musophagidae, esp. the Knysna turaco, Tauraco corythaix); touraco; loerie; lourie

noun:

• reception hall (in a temple or palace)

noun:

• Transportation Corps (service branch of the Imperial Japanese Army) - obsolete term ➜ 輸送科

noun:

• seasonal word (in haiku) ➜ 季語
• seasonal topic (in haiku); seasonal word used as a theme (at a haiku gathering)

noun:

• pool (in a river)

noun:

• reservation of Japanese nationality (procedure used with children born outside Japan)

noun:

• shaku (flat wooden or ivory baton carried in the right hand when in ceremonial imperial or Shinto garb)

noun:

• cross-grips (situation in which each rikishi has an underarm grip on the other) - Sumo term
• kimono made for young children

noun:

• Okinawa soba (thick noodles served in a pork soup)