expression / noun:

• omniscient point of view (in narration)

noun:

• Matsuo Basho remembrance day (12th day of the 10th lunar month, associated with the change of the seasons)

noun:

• raised tatami-floored seating area (usu. in a Japanese restaurant); small separate dining room

noun:

• genealogy (the study)

noun / ~する noun:

• lack of registration (in the census register)
• buying a geisha or prostitute her contractual freedom ➜ 身請け

expression / ichidan verb:

• to give a command (e.g. in a loud voice); to give an order

noun:

• secession (esp. in art, architecture, etc.)

noun:

• wad of cotton (esp. used in dentistry)

noun:

• Rigel (star in the constellation Orion); Beta Orionis - Astronomy term

noun:

• Koutai Shrine (the inner shrine of Ise Shrine) ➜ 内宮

noun:

• Purple Forbidden Enclosure (group of constellations in the northern sky associated with the emperor) - abbreviation ➜ 紫微垣

noun:

• vijnapti-matrata (theory that all existence is subjective and nothing exists outside of the mind) - Buddhism term

noun:

• garnish (e.g. vegetables with a meat dish); trimmings; fixings; relish

noun:

• decoction (in Chinese medicine)

adverb / ~と adverb:

• tingling sensation (e.g. in a leg); feeling numb; painful tingle; throbbing - onomatopoeia
• noisily; ears ringing - onomatopoeia

noun:

• sty (on the eyelid); hordeolum

noun:

• Alcyone (star in the constellation Taurus, brightest of the Pleiades); Eta Tauri - Astronomy term

noun:

• Koga Faction (of the LDP)

noun:

• Camellia japonica 'Wabisuke' (cultivar of common camellia)

noun:

• diatessaron (the four Gospels woven into a single narrative) - obscure term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make oneself understood (in some language)
• to be able to relieve oneself ➜ 用を足す【ようをたす】

noun:

• kanji used to represent syllables, based on their "on" readings (prior to the advent of kana) ➜ 訓仮名【くんがな】・万葉仮名【まんようがな】

noun:

• fur seal (esp. the northern fur seal, Callorhinus ursinus) - From Ainu

noun:

• marbled spinefoot (Siganus rivulatus, species of rabbitfish from the western Indian Ocean)

noun:

• yunwei (secondary vowel or consonant following the primary vowel of a Chinese character)