noun:

• iron sight (on a gun, etc.)

noun:

• slinging (on cranes, etc.)

noun:

• settlement (of people on land)

noun:

• carrying (on one's shoulder); bearing; shouldering; taking responsibility for
• bucket carried on either end of a pole - abbreviation ➜ 担い桶

noun:

• ceremonial piles of sand (placed on both sides of an entrance to greet an important personage)

expression / noun:

• collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first Day of the Rat of the New Year)

noun:

• imperial memorial ceremony (held on the anniversary of the emperor's or empress's death, on fixed years) ➜ 式年

noun:

• Great Kobe earthquake of 1995 (the epicenter was located on Awaji island) ➜ 阪神大震災

noun:

• trim mark (usu. on paper)

noun:

• cramschool (for boys and girls who wish to go on to the next stage of education)

noun:

• snowflake pattern (esp. on winter clothing) ➜ 花柄【はながら】

noun:

• stage left (on a noh stage), in front of the chorus ➜ 地謡座

noun:

• bite (of a fish on a hook); strike ➜ 当たり【あたり】

noun:

• tassets (on a suit of armor, armour); vegetable dye

noun:

• northeast Japan (northeast of the Itoigawa-Shizuoka Tectonic Line) ➜ 西南日本

noun:

• pubic hair (on a woman) - vulgar - slang

noun:

• Washington Convention (i.e. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) ➜ ＣＩＴＥＳ

noun:

• Yatagarasu (mythical raven who aided Emperor Jimmu on his eastern expedition)
• three-legged crow inhabiting the sun in Chinese mythology

godan ~る verb:

• to Google (i.e. to search for on the WWW using the Google search engine) - colloquialism

noun:

• bad bacteria (usu. intestinal bacteria that have an adverse affect on human health - E. choli, C. welchii, etc.); pathogenic bacteria; harmful bacteria

noun:

• rite welcoming back the gods from Izumo Shrine (on the last day of the tenth lunar month) ➜ 神送り

expression:

• yours sincerely (used to sign off on letters); respectfully yours - female language

noun / ~する noun:

• eating everything (on one's plate, etc.)

noun:

• Hokke Shinto (Shinto doctrines based on Nichiren Buddhism) ➜ 法華宗

noun / ~する noun:

• icing (on an aircraft, ship, etc.); ice accretion
• landing (a jump in ice skating) - Sports term