noun:

• rising tone (in Chinese)
• (of a Japanese accent) having a high, flat tone

noun:

• formal opening (e.g. of a railway, road, etc.); opening ceremony; inauguration ceremony

noun:

• wording (esp. of written text)
• classical Chinese literary style; traditional written Chinese ［ぶんげん］

expression:

• in a few days; in the near future; soon; one of these days

noun / ~する noun:

• the return of the land and people from the feudal lords to the Emperor - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• evacuating to the homes of one's relatives in the countryside in wartime

noun:

• strong feelings of loyalty to one's old school; the old school tie - four character idiom

noun:

• chief actor in a kabuki play; star actor; leading actors of a troupe - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• attainment of one's most cherished desire; one's earnest prayer being answered - four character idiom

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