noun:

• high-quality Edo-period tissue paper (21 cm by 27 cm)

noun:

• educational visit (e.g. by a class); educational field trip

noun:

• sinking of the South Korean navy ship Cheonan (allegedly by a North Korean torpedo; Mar. 26, 2010)

noun:

• credit protection (by seizing assets in anticipation of a default); preventive attachment

noun:

• formal folding fan made of hinoki cypress (formerly used by court ladies) ➜ 檜扇

noun / ~する noun:

• personal meeting (esp. used by females) ➜ お目にかかる

expression / ichidan verb:

• to signal the winner of a match (by the referee raising his fan towards the winner) - Sumo term
• to declare someone the winner (of a competition)

noun:

• 16,800,000-year period over which a human lifespan increases from ten years to 84,000 years (by one year per century) and then decreases back to ten (by one year per century) - Buddhism term

noun:

• red hakama (worn by miko or noblewomen at court)

noun:

• White Peril (i.e. takeover by white race(s))

noun:

• double slap in the face (second slap administered by the return motion of the back of the hand)

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to keep in contact (e.g. by phone, mail, etc.); to keep in touch

noun:

• certificate of lateness (issued by a railroad company, etc.)

noun:

• payment in advance (by bank transfer)

noun:

• kan ecology (beautifying an area by picking up cans)

noun:

• payment in advance (by bank transfer)

noun:

• location information (as used by location-based services, e.g. GPS position)

noun / ~する noun:

• entry into a castle (by a conquering force)

godan ~ぐ verb / transitive:

• to read in succession (e.g. by many readers)

noun:

• Zen stick (used by a Zen priest to strike an inattentive Zazen sitter); warning stick (Rinzai Zen); encouragement stick (Soto Zen) - called けいさく in Rinzai Zen, きょうさく in Soto Zen - abbreviation ➜ 警覚策励・座禅
• horsewhip ［けいさく］

noun:

• closing a surgical incision (by suture, etc.)

noun:

• drying a futon (by hanging it outside in the sun)

noun:

• diligence in studying (e.g. continuing to study even in such poor light as offered by a firefly or that reflected by snow); diligent study

noun / ~する noun:

• justification (by faith)

pronoun:

• we (esp. used by merchants, etc.); my store; my shop - humble language