noun:

• invitation letter (e.g. document in support of a visa to enter Japan)

noun:

• days of the month ending in 5 or 0 (when payments are often due)

noun:

• simple meal eaten before tea is served ➜ 茶懐石
• sophisticated traditional Japanese cuisine brought in courses ➜ 懐石料理

noun:

• bumpy texture of a material (esp. woven fabric) ➜ 烏帽子
• creases in an eboshi hat

noun:

• hardy rubber tree (near-threatened species often used in Chinese medicine, Eucommia ulmoides) ➜ トチュウ科

counter:

• counter for years (following a number in the hito-futa-mi counting system) - archaism

suffix:

• route; road
• distance travelled in a day
• one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s) ➜ 七十路

noun:

• lusterleaf holly (Ilex latifolia)
• pattra (palmyra leaves used in Ancient India for writing upon) ➜ 貝多羅葉

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to have one's feet reach the bottom (e.g. when standing in water)

noun:

• (in China) 8th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. A) ➜ 黄鐘【おうしき】・十二律
• sixth lunar month

noun:

• temple bell
• (in Japan) 7th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. G sharp) ➜ すい賓・十二律

noun:

• Indian song and dance (introduced to Japan by the Chams in approx. 736 CE)

noun:

• (in China) 4th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. F) ➜ 十二律・勝絶
• second lunar month

noun:

• Dioscorea tokoro (species of wild yam)
• old man living in the countryside ［やろう］

noun:

• polite Japanese as used by young part-time employees in restaurants, etc. - derogatory term ➜ バイト・敬語

noun:

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

noun:

• waza-ari (in judo, a half-point awarded for good but incomplete execution) - Martial Arts term

noun / prefix noun:

• China (sometimes also used in ref. to Korea or other foreign countries) - archaism

noun:

• Boxing Day (public holiday in the UK, Aus., Canada, etc.)

noun:

• increase in digit (e.g. if we add 2 to the number 9)

noun:

• empathetically putting oneself in the place of a handicapped person - From English "cap handy"

noun:

• sitting on the floor grasping one's knees (as in a gym class)

noun:

• type of conical hat adorned with flowers (used in Japanese traditional performing arts); hanagasa

noun:

• redface dwarfgoby (Trimma benjamini, species found in the Western Pacific); ring-eye pygmy-goby

noun:

• bullseye pygmy goby (Trimma tauroculum, found in Palau)