noun:

• adaptive optics (esp. in a telescope)

noun:

• gather (e.g. in cloth)

noun:

• thumb index (e.g. in a dictionary)

noun:

• san jiao (triple heater; functional metabolic organ in Chinese medicine)

noun:

• (in philosophy) thesis-antithesis-synthesis

noun:

• mid-sized konoshiro gizzard shad (i.e. about 15 cm in size) ➜ 鮗

noun:

• cigarette lighter socket (in an automobile)

noun:

• execution by decapitation, followed by public display of the body (form of punishment in ancient China) - archaism

noun:

• conjugation (inflection, declension) of nidan verbs (resulting in a stem of either "i" or "u" for every conjugation)

~する verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

• to lie down (in bed); to take to one's bed - obscure term

noun:

• triangles (used in mechanical drawing); set square

noun:

• tweezers (esp. in a medical or laboratory setting); forceps ➜ ピンセット

noun:

• failing mark (e.g. in exam) ➜ 落第点

noun:

• Mustelus (genus of smooth-hound sharks in the family Triakidae); from the Latin mustela meaning weasel

noun:

• Socialist Masses Party (pre-war political party; established in 1932, eliminated by the government in 1940)

noun:

• missed spot (in shaving); unshaven hairs

noun:

• Festival of the Ages (held at Heian Jingu Shrine in Kyoto on Oct. 22); Jidai Festival

intransitive verb / godan ~る verb:

• to be found (e.g. unknown quantity in an equation); to be calculated

noun:

• (having a) good chance of being elected (winning) (in an election) - four character idiom

noun:

• holding out one or both hands and arching one's body backward like a shrimp (in kabuki, represents being overwhelmed by someone's power)

noun:

• claim (esp. in a patent)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to "see stars" (i.e. after being hit in the head)

noun:

• climbers (birds formerly grouped in order Scansores)

expression:

• scuttling (to escape in a panic, in shame, etc.); scurrying; scrambling

noun:

• escape wheel (in a timepiece)
• pulley