noun:

• beam running between columns in traditional Japanese architecture, esp. within Japanese-style rooms

noun:

• Aspergillus kawachii; Aspergillus awamori var. kawachi; white koji mold, used in shochu production

noun:

• Omachi rice; late growing wet-land rice variety, often used in sake production

noun:

• anime freak; person overly interested in female anime and video game characters - derogatory term - slang

noun:

• term used in translation; translation equivalent
• word borrowed and translated from another language

noun:

• countries that do not use Chinese characters in their writing; non-kanji countries

expression / adjective:

• useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point ➜ 意味がある【いみがある】

noun:

• doll cake; sponge cake in various shapes filled with red bean paste - Food term

noun:

• village school (esp. in Edo-era Japan, and ancient Korea and China)

noun:

• surname; family name
• hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing) ［せい］ ➜ 姓【かばね】

noun / ~する noun:

• opposition; rebellion; revolt; resistance; backlash; refusal
• rebounding; recoiling; repulsion
• rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery

suffix:

• Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms. - after a person's name (or position, etc.) - honorific language
• makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions) - usu. after a noun or na-adjective prefixed with お- or ご- - polite language ➜ お粗末さまでした

noun:

• state; situation; appearance

noun:

• notches; serration; indentation; jaggies (stair-step artifacts in computer images) - onomatopoeia

adjectival noun / adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• notched; serrated; jagged; corrugated; milled - onomatopoeia

noun:

• country's official writing system; native script
• kana ➜ 仮名【かな】
• kanji that originated in Japan (as opposed to China) ➜ 漢字

noun:

• modal shift (esp. changes in freight transport, e.g. from air to sea)

noun:

• "New Nessie" (unidentified sea creature discovered by Japanese trawler Zuiyo Maru in 1977)

noun:

• link banner (graphic or logo provided for use in linking to web site) - IT term

noun:

• Japanese huchen (Hucho perryi) (salmonoid fish found in Hokkaido that grows up to 1.5 meters)

noun:

• cornering someone by lying in wait, e.g. for an unexpected interview or photograph; doorstepping - idiom

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• hanging; dangling

expression / adverbial noun:

• more than one can possibly use; countless (e.g. examples); (money) to burn; rolling in (cash)

expression:

• we are innocent until proven guilty; suspicion alone is not grounds for punishment; in dubio pro reo - proverb

noun:

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

noun:

• winning hand with at least one terminal tile in each set and no honor tiles - abbreviation - Mahjong term ➜ ジュンチャンタイヤオチュウ

noun:

• winning hand with at least one terminal or honor tile in each set - Mahjong term

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• morning; a.m.