noun:

• second verse (in a linked series of poems)

noun:

• rail (any bird of family Rallidae, esp. the water rail, Rallus aquaticus)

noun:

• arum (any plant of the genus Arum, typically having arrow-shaped leaves)

noun:

• Buddha's Birthday (8th day of the 4th lunar month)

noun:

• Bloody Sunday (esp. the Jan. 22, 1905 Saint Petersburg incident)

noun:

• binding particle (i.e. specifying an expression later in the sentence); linking particle; connecting particle - Linguistics term

noun:

• kitchen (in a restaurant)
• cook; chef - Kansai dialect ➜ 板前

noun:

• emergence (in evolutionary theory, systems theory, etc.)

noun:

• Kannō era (of the Northern Court) (1350.2.27-1352.9.27); Kan'ō era

noun:

• our (the present) business office

noun:

• blacktip tope (Hypogaleus hyugaensis, a hound shark found in the Indo-West Pacific)

noun / ~する noun:

• bowing many times (in apology)

noun:

• Paragaleus (genus in the weasel shark family Hemigaleidae)

noun:

• stereotype (in printing)

noun:

• original packaging (e.g. box holding several cartons, each with individually packaged products)

noun:

• baby colic (in infants around 3 months old)

noun:

• nasal sound change (generation of geminate consonant, primarily a geminate 't' from vowel stems ending in 'i') - Linguistics term ➜ 撥音便

expression / ichidan verb:

• to turn one's back (on the enemy)

noun / ~する noun:

• slipping (in boxing); down caused by a boxer slipping - Sports term - From English "slip down"

noun:

• stepper (device used in the manufacture of integrated circuits)

noun:

• offense (against the law); offence; violation ➜ 違反【いはん】

noun:

• mochi received from one's parents after giving birth (trad. eaten in miso soup to improve lactation)

noun:

• Northwest Passage (sea route along the north coast of Canada)

noun:

• Purple Forbidden Enclosure (group of constellations in the northern sky associated with the emperor)

noun:

• necromancer (esp. a blind female in northeastern Honshu); medium; shaman ➜ 巫子【いちこ】・口寄せ