noun:

• record of information about a Buddhist statue (usu. an inconspicuous inscription on the statue)

noun:

• Festival of the Ages (held at Heian Jingu Shrine in Kyoto on Oct. 22); Jidai Festival

noun:

• card (with a message written on it) - From English "message card"

noun:

• one's time (e.g. to go on stage); one's turn
• source; origin; place of production

noun:

• summer (on the lunisolar calendar: 16th day of the 4th month to the 15th day of the 7th month) - Buddhism term

expression:

• What's New (esp. on webpages, programs, or newsletters); announcements of new arrivals or events

noun:

• Acanthurus (type genus of surgeonfishes and tangs in the family Acanthuridae which have a pair of sharp spines on either side of the base of the tail)

noun:

• yang yao (unbroken line composing one third of a trigram) ➜ 爻

noun:

• building for observing horse racing, horseback archery, etc. (sometimes specifically that used by the emperor on the greater palace grounds) - archaism ➜ 武徳殿

noun:

• printed figures (on cloth or pottery)

noun:

• user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously) - slang - abbreviation ➜ 固定ハンドル
• user who uses a online handle (instead of posting anonymously); namefag - slang - abbreviation ➜ 固定ハンドル

noun:

• Japanese pronunciation of a kanji (based on adopted Chinese pronunciations) ➜ 音読み

noun:

• burr (e.g. on a machined edge)

noun:

• blind spot (on the retina) - obscure term ➜ 盲点

expression / ichidan verb:

• to focus (on)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to closely space lines (on a page)

noun:

• dividend (on shares)

noun / ~する noun:

• accretion of snow (on power lines, tree branches, etc.); snow sticking to surfaces

noun:

• jizya (historical Islamic tax levied on non-Muslims); jezia; jezya - From Arabic

noun:

• neo-Confucianism (based on the teaching of the Cheng brothers and Zhu Xi) - obscure term ➜ 宋学

noun:

• upstage left pillar (on a noh stage), next to the flute player

noun:

• bot (autonomous computer program, esp. on a network) - IT term

noun:

• kharaj (Islamic tax on land); haraj - From Arabic

noun:

• yin yao (broken line composing one third of a trigram) ➜ 爻

noun:

• zaru soba (soba served on a bamboo draining basket with dipping sauce)