noun / prefix noun:

• China (sometimes also used in ref. to Korea or other foreign countries) - archaism

noun:

• pattra (palmyra leaves used in Ancient India for writing upon) - obscure term ➜ 貝多羅葉

noun:

• link to (a site, as used in page ranking that site)

noun:

• "sushi mat" (bamboo mat used in food preparation, especially to roll makizushi) ➜ 巻寿司

noun:

• small gong (used in gagaku) ➜ 雅楽

noun:

• iteration mark shaped like the hiragana "ku" (used in vertical writing to represent repetition of two or more characters) ➜ 踊り字

noun:

• ancient Chinese chromatic scale (primarily used in Japan for gagaku, etc.) ➜ 雅楽

expression:

• Very truly yours (a complimentary close used in a letter written in an old epistolary style) - four character idiom

noun:

• hand-operated electric generator (used in Edo-period medical treatment) - From Dutch "elektriciteit"
• electricity - orig. meaning - archaism ➜ 電気

noun:

• long vowel mark (usually only used in katakana) - known as ちょうおん

expression:

• Very truly yours (a complimentary close used in a letter written in an old epistolary style) - four character idiom

noun:

• daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus) (primarily used in context of the seven spring herbs) - obscure term ➜ 大根・春の七草

noun:

• safety belt (typically used in Japanese construction work); fall-prevention harness

noun:

• wisteria ash (used in tea ceremony)

noun:

• lattice of evenly spaced vertical timber bars (used in facades, etc.)

noun:

• rattan; (rattan) cane (e.g. used in wicker furniture)

noun:

• 1st in a sequence denoted by the iroha system; 1st note in the diatonic scale (used in key names, etc.)

noun:

• soccer ball; football (as used in soccer)

noun:

• 2nd in a sequence denoted by the iroha system; 2nd note in the diatonic scale (used in key names, etc.)

noun:

• third in a sequence denoted by the iroha system; third note in the diatonic scale (used in key names, etc.)

noun:

• 4th in a sequence denoted by the iroha system; 4th note in the diatonic scale (used in key names, etc.)

noun:

• 5th in a sequence denoted by the iroha system; 5th note in the diatonic scale (used in key names, etc.)

noun:

• 6th in a sequence denoted by the iroha system; 6th note in the diatonic scale (used in key names, etc.)

noun:

• 7th in a sequence denoted by the iroha system; 7th note in the diatonic scale (used in key names, etc.)

noun:

• rice granules; coarse glutinous rice flour (often used in candy production)