noun:

• Chino Shōhō (Japanese religious group founded by Chino Yūko)

noun:

• sickle-shaped moustache (often worn by servants in the Edo period) - archaism

noun:

• Hie Shinto (form of Shinto heavily influenced by Tendai) - obscure term ➜ 山王一実神道

noun:

• position (in finance: amount of a security either owned or owed by an investor or dealer); open interest; outstanding account; sales or purchase contract

noun:

• type of conical hat that covers the whole head (used by Komuso monks) ➜ 笠・虚無僧

godan ~す verb:

• to say repeatedly (often by many people); to say over and over again

noun:

• Anabantoidei (suborder of the order Perciformes known as labyrinth fish that are defined by having an accessory breathing organ for respiration in air)

noun:

• Onokoro Island (in Japanese mythology, the island formed by drops of water falling from the heavenly jeweled spear); Onogoro Island - archaism ➜ 天の瓊矛
• Japan

noun / ~の noun:

• iatrogenic (disease or condition caused by medical treatment)

noun:

• questioning (e.g. by police) - abbreviation ➜ 職務質問

yodan ~ふ verb (archaic) / intransitive verb:

• to serve (by a superior's side) ［候ふ］ - archaism

auxiliary verb / yodan ~ふ verb (archaic):

• to be - auxiliary used in place of ある after で or に when forming a copula - archaism - polite language
• to do - auxiliary used in place of ます after a -masu stem - archaism - polite language

noun:

• language (as defined by Saussure; langue and parole) - Linguistics term - From French "langage" ➜ パロール・ラング

noun:

• sickle-shaped moustache (often worn by servants in the Edo period) - archaism ➜ 鎌髭

noun:

• Sannou Ichijitsu Shinto (alt. name for Hie Shinto: a form of Shinto heavily influenced by Tendai) ➜ 日吉神道

noun / adjectival noun:

• being totally upset (by); being completely nonplused (by); being mortified (at); feeling aggrieved (at); finding (it) highly regrettable - four character idiom

noun:

• rescue and assistance (by public bodies) (e.g. in time of disaster)

noun:

• Tao Te Ching (classic Chinese text by Lao Tzu); Daodejing

noun:

• tax-free small-sum savings system (often used by the elderly and the disabled); non-tax plan for small savings

noun:

• determination of a child's sex before birth (e.g. by ultrasound)

noun:

• day on which many companies hold shareholders meetings (to limit disruption by would-be blackmailers)

noun:

• ura-nage (in judo, an over-the-head throw performed by rolling backwards) - Martial Arts term

noun:

• stockpile rice (kept by the government to use as emergency provisions); reserved rice

noun:

• staff (esp. one used by a monk, e.g. as a walking stick during a pilgrimage)

noun:

• Hanlon's razor ("Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity") - obscure term ➜ オッカムの剃刀

noun:

• onomatope (i.e. word formed by onomatopoeia) - Linguistics term ➜ 擬音語