noun:

• Japanese philology; Japanese linguistics

noun:

• Japanese food; Japanese meal

noun:

• Japanese citizen; Japanese citizens

noun:

• Japanese nationality; Japanese citizenship

noun:

• medieval Japanese; mediaeval Japanese

noun / ~の noun:

• Japanese style; Japanese fashion ➜ 日本式【にほんしき】

noun:

• classification of Japanese words by their origin as Japanese, Chinese or Western

noun:

• nightingale (flooring); method of laying floors to deliberately make a noise (like a nightingale's call) when walked across (security feature)

noun:

• method of dyeing, developed in Okinawa, in which a single stencil is used to produce richly polychromatic designs; traditional dyed cloth from Okinawa

noun:

• the sound of the kana "n"

noun:

• Japanese language
• native Japanese words (esp. not Chinese and other foreign loanwords)

noun:

• Three Alls Strategy; Japanese scorched earth policy during the second Sino-Japanese War - 三光 is a ref. to a Chinese phrase meaning 'kill all, burn all, loot all'

noun:

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

noun:

• Japanese war tuba; pre-radar acoustic locator used by the Imperial Japanese Army

noun / ~する noun:

• pardon; extenuation; excuse ［かしゃく］
• borrowing ［かしゃく］

noun:

• borrowing a kanji with the same pronunciation to write a similar-sounding word

noun:

• aiueo-order; order of the kana syllabary

noun:

• interindustry relations table; input-output table ➜ 産業連関分析

noun:

• ancient language; ancient word
• ancient Japanese language; Japanese as spoken from the end of the 6th century to the end of the Nara period - Linguistics term

noun:

• literary style from the Heian era onwards, often mainly in kana and written by women

noun:

• Kunrei-shiki romanization (romanisation); official kana romanization system

noun:

• input-output table; IO table

noun:

• IO control; input-output control - IT term

noun:

• capsule toy; vending machine toy - also brand name ➜ カプセルトイ

noun / ~する noun:

• method of selling random in-game items in mobile games (similar to how capsule toys are sold) ➜ コンプリートガチャ

expression / godan ~う verb:

• (for a nobleman) to bestow one of the kanji in his name upon someone (e.g. meritorious retainer, boy coming of age, etc.) - archaism

noun:

• WARM BIZ (Japanese government campaign encouraging companies to set their heater thermostats to 20 degrees Celsius over the winter) ➜ クールビズ