noun:

• rock tripe (edible lichen used as medication in Korea, China and Japan)

noun:

• bing-bong bang-bong (Big Ben chimes, used as a bell in Japanese schools) ➜ 予鈴

noun:

• pavilion in a garden (used to keep cool); gazebo - archaism ➜ 東屋

noun:

• Copper Age (period in which metal tools started to be used alongside stone tools)

noun:

• PASMO (rechargeable prepaid IC card that can be used as a train and bus ticket in the greater Tokyo region and also as electric money in some stores) ➜ スイカ

noun:

• Siebold's wild ginger (esp. its dried root or rhizome, used as an antitussive and analgesic in traditional Chinese medicine) ➜ 薄葉細辛

noun:

• pavilion used as the emperor's habitual residence (in Heian Palace) ➜ 十七殿

noun:

• Suica (rechargeable prepaid IC card that can be used as a train pass in the greater Tokyo, Osaka and Sendai regions and also as electric money in some stores) ➜ パスモ

noun:

• fan in autumn (esp. one that is no longer used); "outdated item that has fallen into disuse" [figurative]; "woman who has lost a man's affection or interest" [figurative] ➜ 秋の扇

noun:

• ratio of the margin of loss of an electoral candidate in a single-constituent district (used to break ties when determining the representative of a proportionally represented district)

noun:

• Dongba script (used by the Naxi People in southern China); Tomba script; Tompa script

noun:

• wand used when preparing gruel for the 15th of the first month (said to cure sterility in women)

noun:

• middle dot (typographical symbol used between parallel terms, names in katakana, etc.); full-stop mark at mid- character height; interpoint (interword separation)

noun:

• mechanism used to lift an actor onto the stage (in kabuki)

interjection:

• exclamation used to scold practitioners (in Zen)

noun:

• scolding or threatening with a shout

noun:

• curtained sleeping platform in shinden-style residences (used by people of high rank)

noun:

• wedge marks in stone (usu. remaining from stone-splitting, now used for visual effect) - obscure term ➜ 矢【や】

noun:

• field cap (used by Japanese troops in WW II)

noun:

• middle dot (typographical symbol used between parallel terms, names in katakana, etc.); full-stop mark at mid- character height; interpoint (interword separation) ➜ 中黒・中点

noun:

• one mobile telephone ring (used by companies, usually sex-related, to register a phone number on a mobile in the hope people will return the call. Also used between acquaintances when swapping telephone numbers, or to get another person to call oneself)

interjection:

• buh-boo (from sound of 'wrong' buzzer in quiz shows, used when somebody says an incorrect answer) - colloquialism Antonym: ピンポン

noun:

• umbrella polypore sclerotium (used as a diuretic, antipyretic, and antitussive in traditional Chinese medicine) ➜ 猪苓舞茸

noun:

• Edo-period form of torture in which criminals were stuffed into straw bags with their heads exposed, piled together, and whipped (commonly used on Christians)

noun:

• Shinto ritual in which a shaman or priest soaks bamboo grass in boiling water and sprinkles the water on worshippers (originally a form of divination, later a purification ceremony, now primarily used to pray for good health) ➜ 巫女【みこ】

noun:

• practical language; language used for day-to-day activity (in contrast to official languages); facility language