noun:

• widow (one or more lines separated from the rest of the preceding passage by page or column break) - obscure term - IT term ➜ 分断前部

noun:

• pre-opening (party or showing)

noun:

• articulate (i.e. an arthropod or an annelid)

noun:

• short arched (traditionally bamboo) fence around walls of traditional townhouses, esp. in Kyoto (protects lower walls from fouling or damage)

noun / suffix noun:

• nature (of a person or thing)
• that which does not change according to external influences - Buddhism term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request) ➜ 手を突く

noun:

• half-agricultural and half-fishing (village or economy)

noun:

• small amount of money (to buy sandals or cover travel expenses); small farewell gift

noun:

• Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace ➜ お達し【おたっし】

noun:

• climbing gourami (of genus Ctenopoma or Microctenopoma) - From Latin "Ctenopoma"

noun:

• working on a day off (to make up for lost time, or to make an impression)

~と adverb / adverb / ~する noun:

• (feeling a chill or shiver) suddenly; (feeling) chilly; chillily - usu. ひやりとする
• with a sudden sense of dread (or fear, etc.); (being) suddenly (afraid, frightened, etc.); suddenly (breaking out in a cold sweat); frighteningly - usu. ひやりとする

noun:

• dapeng (giant bird in Chinese mythology, similar to the roc or Garuda)

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade somebody or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off

noun:

• clans supposedly descended from foreign lineage (i.e. Chinese or Korean) ➜ 諸蕃

noun:

• map (or diagram, etc.) folded with a cover on each side - obscure term

noun:

• (young) man adhering to a masculine version of gyaru fashion (usually marked by hair dyed brown or blond, gaudy clothes and accessories) ➜ ギャル

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)

noun:

• hungry spirit (lacking in people not having drive or ambition)

noun:

• arrack (grain or rice wine); arak - From Dutch

noun:

• consideration (in contract law, the thing given or done by the promisee in exchange for the promise)

noun:

• nai stem (of a Japanese verb or adjective); irrealis form; imperfective form - Linguistics term

noun:

• kokyu (3 or 4-stringed bowed Japanese musical instrument)
• any Oriental string instrument played with a bow

noun:

• orphan (one or more lines separated from the rest of the following passage by page or paragraph break) - obscure term - IT term ➜ 分断後部

noun / ~する noun:

• popping bubble-wrap (e.g. for fun or as a stress relief technique) ➜ ぷちぷち