noun:

• bow (and arrow; esp. of a noble) - archaism

noun:

• guardian and tutor of a nobleman's child

noun:

• speech; tongue; talk; eloquence ［弁・辯］

suffix noun:

• dialect; brogue; accent ［弁・辯］

noun:

• bento; Japanese box lunch ［弁・辨］ - abbreviation ➜ 弁当【べんとう】
• petal ［弁・瓣］ ➜ 花弁【はなびら】

noun / ~の noun:

• valve ［弁・瓣］

noun:

• Oversight Department; division of the daijokan under the ritsuryo system responsible for controlling central and provincial governmental offices ［弁・辨］ ➜ 太政官・弁官

noun:

• izakaya; Japanese bar that also serves various dishes and snacks

noun / ~する noun:

• Japanese badminton; battledore and shuttlecock

noun:

• artistic modulations in traditional Japanese performances; opening, middle and climax (end)

noun:

• hatchet; traditional Japanese edged tool with short handle and wide blade

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• aesthetic sense in Japanese art emphasising quiet simplicity and subdued refinement - four character idiom ➜ 侘寂

noun:

• traditional Japanese alcohol (primarily sake, but also shochu and fruit wine) ➜ 日本酒

noun:

• Japanese mutton and vegetable dish

noun:

• the four great Japanese grammar texts (Yamada, Matsushita, Hashimoto and Tokieda)

expression / noun:

• backbiting of a coward; grumblings of a loser; the far-off bark of a retreating dog [literal] - idiom

noun:

• attack; offence; offense
• dominant partner of a homosexual relationship - usually written using kana alone - colloquialism ➜ タチ・受け

suffix:

• a barrage of; a flood of ➜ 質問攻め

noun / ~する noun:

• performance (of a duty); fulfillment (of a promise); fulfilment; execution (of a contract); discharge; implementation

noun:

• wardrobe (esp. for Western clothes); chest of drawers; clothespress; dresser; tallboy

noun / ~の noun:

• double - sometimes written as "Ｗ" ➜ シングル
• double bed; hotel room with a double bed - abbreviation ➜ ダブルベッド
• double-breasted - abbreviation ➜ ダブルブレスト
• double-cuffed
• double width (of cloth; usu. 1.42 meters) - abbreviation ➜ ダブル幅
• doubles (e.g. in tennis) - abbreviation - Sports term ➜ ダブルス

noun:

• biracial person (esp. half-Japanese); person of mixed parentage - alternative to ハーフ ➜ ハーフ

noun:

• light-coloured ceramic cooking pan with a lid and short spout
• aluminum saucepan with a handle (usu. wooden) and often with snowflake-style embossed pattern (aluminium) - usu. 雪平鍋

noun:

• stream (in a Japanese garden); narrow stream flowing through a traditional garden (esp. in a Heian period villa) ➜ 寝殿造り
• watering (potted plants, bonsai, etc.)

noun:

• little three dragons; winning hand that contains two pungs or kongs of dragons and a pair of the third dragon - Mahjong term

noun:

• layering; placing a large amount of orders and cancelling before they are executed (with the intent of manipulating the market) - Finance term ➜ 見せ板【みせいた】

noun:

• layering; placing a large amount of orders and cancelling before they are executed (with the intent of manipulating the market) - Finance term

noun:

• yamanba; manba; girl or young woman adhering to a fashion trend often characterized by extremely gaudy and colourful facial make up, heavily tanned skin and hair dyed in a bright hue - colloquialism ➜ 山姥・ガングロ

noun:

• chronixis surgeonfish (Acanthurus chronixis, Western-Pacific species of tang from Kapingamarangi in the Caroline Islands)

noun:

• blacknose shark (Carcharhinus acronotus, species of requiem shark common in the western Atlantic)

noun:

• Brazilian sharpnose shark (Rhizoprionodon lalandii, species of requiem shark found in the western Atlantic Ocean)