expression:

• something indistinguishable or indistinct (like an egret in the snow) - obscure term

noun:

• General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (abolished in 1995); GATT

noun:

• slender rope that goes through the hole in a coin

noun:

• Glehnia littoralis (species of umbellifer used in Chinese medicine)

noun:

• straw or hay (laid out in barns for livestock) - obscure term

noun:

• (mobile phone) number portability (introduced to Japan in October 2005) ➜ ナンバーポータビリティー

noun:

• ahimsa (principle of non-violence in Jainism, Buddhism, Hinduism, etc.)

noun:

• lek (communal ground used by birds in mating season); lekking

expression:

• suffix used to negate a verb in the non-past tense - polite language ➜ ない・ます

noun:

• Poria cocos (species of basidiomycete used in Chinese medicine) - archaism ➜ 茯苓

noun:

• nine-tiered lotus leaf platform in Amitabha's Pure Land - Buddhism term

expression:

• suffix used to negate a verb in the non-past tense - polite language - Kansai dialect ➜ ません

noun:

• pattra (palmyra leaves used in Ancient India for writing upon) - obscure term ➜ 貝多羅葉

noun:

• off topic (e.g. in a web forum) ➜ スレッド

noun / ~する noun:

• multi-post (as frowned upon in newsgroups and web forums) - IT term

noun:

• god of fire (in Japanese mythology, usu. Kagutsuchi no Kami)

noun:

• three bonds (in Confucianism: master & servant, father & son, husband & wife)

noun:

• single kanji dictionary (usu. for use in an Input Method)

noun:

• three non-rain light cards (high-scoring combination in hanafuda) ➜ 花札

particle:

• only; just ➜ 切り【きり】
• since; after - usu. in a negative sentence
• remaining (in a particular state)

noun:

• advanced standing (in school or college); credit for prior studies

conjunction / auxiliary:

• without doing ... ➜ ない

auxiliary:

• used in sentence-final position as an indirect prohibition

prefix:

• self-
• from ... ［じ］ ➜ 至
• this ... (in contrast to some other ...); aforementioned ［じ］

noun:

• Plectranthus inflexus (species of plant in the mint family)

noun:

• correct meditative activity (in Jodo, saying the name of Amitabha) - Buddhism term ➜ 阿弥陀仏・浄土宗