noun:

• imperial decision or sanction

noun:

• half double crochet; HDC

noun:

• stationed in France; resident to France (e.g. of Ambassadors, etc.)

noun:

• medium-high heel

noun:

• dedicated line (e.g. phone service) - abbreviation ➜ 直接収容

noun:

• behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; 2nd year of junior high sickness [literal] - slang - humorous term

noun:

• novels or plays about the merchant class

noun:

• teakettle (tea ceremony)

noun:

• intestinal flora; enterobacterial flora

noun:

• coiled about; entangled; entwined
• familiar; harmonious

noun:

• delay element - IT term

noun:

• foreword; preface

noun:

• direct democracy

noun / ~の noun:

• micro-mini; very short (esp. clothing); very small - colloquialism

noun / ~する noun:

• attaching 'chan' to somebody's name ➜ さん付け

noun:

• second part (of three); second volume; middle part ➜ 前編・上編
• novelette; novella; short novel; long short story; medium-length story - abbreviation ➜ 中編小説【ちゅうへんしょうせつ】・短編・長編

noun:

• older and fashionable man (wild-looking, burly, etc.) - colloquialism

noun:

• very long baseline interferometry; VLBI - Astronomy term

noun:

• court ladies of the middle rank serving in the inner palace (Heian period)
• female servant for a samurai family
• lady-in-waiting working in the inner palace of the Edo castle (Edo period)

noun:

• animal realm - Buddhism term ➜ 六道
• unforgivable action; indefensible lifestyle
• incest

noun:

• central processing unit; CPU - IT term

noun:

• unusual name; strange name; unconventional name

noun:

• long hand; minute hand ➜ 短針

noun:

• rare item (esp. food)

noun:

• petitioner