noun:

• peasants chosen to carry the payment of a tax (in kind) to the capital (ritsuryo system) - archaism

noun:

• Glehnia littoralis (species of umbellifer used in Chinese medicine) - obscure term ➜ 浜防風

expression:

• cool! (only when said or written in a questioning tone); incredible; unbelievable

noun:

• dance (in kabuki); dance play

noun:

• literary form imparting the nuance of speech (with sentences ending in "da") ➜ である体

noun:

• attacker (esp. in volleyball) - Sports term

noun:

• cutting off the nose (form of punishment in ancient China) - archaism ➜ 五刑

noun:

• body slam (e.g. in wrestling)

noun:

• error condition (in calculators) - IT term

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to lie down (in bed)

noun:

• last day (in the year) that a particular species of bird or insect, etc. sing or chirp ➜ 初鳴日

noun / ~する noun:

• barré (chord in guitar technique) - From Spanish "ceja"

noun:

• cover story (in a magazine); cover article

noun:

• short flute piece (in kyogen; usu. a lively solo)
• flute and drum music played after each act but the last (in kabuki) - also written as 砂切

noun:

• last call (in bar, restaurant, etc.); last order

noun:

• marbled sole (Pleuronectes yokohamae) (esp. caught in Beppu bay) ➜ 真子鰈【まこがれい】

noun:

• young man (in the Edo period, esp. one with forelocks who has not yet had his coming-of-age ceremony)
• young male prostitute; young kabuki actor (who may also act as a homosexual prostitute)
• younger partner in a homosexual relationship ➜ 念者【ねんしゃ】

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be able to see (oft. used in the negative) ➜ 見える【みえる】・目【め】

expression:

• (in spite of) being old enough to know better

noun:

• subsidiary adjective (in Japanese); auxiliary adjective - Linguistics term

noun:

• anti-Japanese resistance movement (in pre-WWII China); anti-Japanese campaign

noun:

• (in the stock market) short commitment

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to allow a less skilled person to practice with one (esp. in sumo) ➜ 胸を借りる

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to dunk (e.g. food in a drink); to dip

noun:

• Rhincodon (genus of one species of whale shark, Rhincodon typus, in the family Rhincodontidae)