noun:

• ostracism (from a village or community)

noun:

• flower charcoal (whereby a flower, seed, branch, or other item of flora is carbonized as is, retaining its form)

~と adverb / adverb / ~する noun:

• sound of bubbles (or other small objects) being popped - onomatopoeia
• lumpy sensation (e.g. of food) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• little bits; small grains
• bubble wrap (trademark of Kawakami Sangyo Co.) ［プチプチ］ ➜ 気泡緩衝材

noun:

• address (e.g. opening or closing remarks); speech; words
• ci (Chinese literary form)
• ancillary word ➜ 詞

noun:

• alto (voice or singer)

noun:

• roundabout way (of speaking or working)

noun:

• prose about an area (or its seasonal features, scenery, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• presenting a hand-copied sutra to a temple (or money, etc. in its place) ➜ 写経

noun:

• en-tout-cas (track or tennis court surface made of clay and crushed brick) - From French

noun:

• small roof (e.g. over the first storey of a building, a window, an attached shed or veranda, etc.); overhang ➜ 大屋根

noun:

• teacher's license (licence) (required to teach in preschool, elementary or secondary schools)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to speak sharply (e.g. during a heated discussion or argument)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to peak (at a given time or given group); to approach the peak; to come to a peak

~と adverb / adverb:

• with a roaring sound (of water or wind); sound of feet stamping on the ground - onomatopoeia

interjection:

• whoa! (command used to stop or quieten down a horse, etc.) ➜ どう

noun:

• public line (as opposed to a private or leased line) - IT term

noun:

• Misogi-kyo (sect of Shinto)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to improve one's skill (esp. at calligraphy or drinking larger amounts of alcohol) - idiom

noun:

• common (e.g. fishery or hunting ground); commonage

expression / godan ~る verb:

• clapping with wooden clappers (to signal the beginning or end of a performance) - obscure term

noun:

• familiar (spirit or otherwise magical creature which aids a magician or sorcerer); familiar spirit

noun:

• first-time customer (of an inn or a restaurant); chance customer; customer without an introduction from a regular customer ➜ 一見さん・一見客

noun:

• agnosia (loss of ability to recognize objects, persons, sounds, shapes, or smells)

noun:

• red hakama (worn by miko or noblewomen at court) ➜ 紅の袴【くれないのはかま】

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)

noun:

• outbreak (of war or disease)