noun:

• characteristic (of a ring or field in algebra) - Mathematics term

noun:

• building (physical structure) of a kindergarten, preschool, etc.

noun:

• smoking (esp. as a means of preserving food)

noun:

• public information section (department) (of a government, etc.)

noun:

• purification hall of a Shinto shrine

noun:

• total number of words used (in a text)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to become a thing of the past

expression / adverb:

• dark under the trees; obscurity of a forest

noun:

• edge; angle

noun / suffix:

• ridge (e.g. of a mountain)

noun:

• chief actor (e.g. of a kabuki play) ➜ 名題役者

noun:

• (act of) taking a graduate school entrance examination ➜ 大学院入学試験

noun:

• center of a flower (centre); pistils and stamens

noun:

• subordinate of a hired thief-taker (Edo period) - archaism ➜ 岡っ引き

noun:

• style of a haikai or haiku poem ➜ 俳諧・俳句

noun:

• discolouration of a mineral due to impurities (discoloration)

noun:

• discolouration of a mineral due to impurities (discoloration) ➜ 他色

noun:

• pistil (of a flower) ➜ 雌しべ【めしべ】
• stamen ➜ 雄しべ【おしべ】

noun:

• upper branches of a tree ➜ 下枝

noun:

• morning drink to get rid of a hangover ➜ むかえざけ

noun:

• citizens of a local area or region - obscure term ➜ 地元民

noun:

• celebration for the completion of a project

noun:

• single pattern on the entirety of a garment

noun:

• nasty (i.e. nastic movement of a plant) ➜ 屈性

noun:

• shape of the lingering snow on a mountainside ➜ 雪占

noun:

• crosscut plank
• rear part of a noh stage