noun:

• Japan's first coinage (dating to 683 CE, but perhaps never in circulation) ➜ 和同開珎

noun:

• ahimsa (principle of non-violence in Jainism, Buddhism, Hinduism, etc.)

noun:

• one's relatives by blood and marriage (in blood and law); one's kith and kin - four character idiom

noun:

• cutting stock (extra material cut off in machining operations as a safety margin for tolerances); machining allowance

noun:

• thinner futon (in contact with the skin)

noun:

• Aulonocranus dewindti (cichlid fish endemic to Lake Tanganyika in E. Africa)

noun:

• freshly-drawn green tea (esp. in sushi shops)

noun:

• Cephaloscyllium (genus of catshark known as swellsharks in the family Scyliorhinidae capable of inflating their body)

noun:

• pass (e.g. in public transportation)

noun:

• Sanja Festival (Asakusa Shrine in Tokyo, third weekend of May)

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• derivation (e.g. in math, logic); drawing (conclusion, summary etc.); leading (e.g. to a conclusion, opinion, etc.)

noun:

• glossy silk thread (made from raw silk treated in a solution to dissolve the sericin)

noun:

• question time (e.g. in parliament, diet, etc.); question period; time allowed for questions

noun:

• sansevieria (esp. mother-in-law's tongue, Sansevieria trifasciata); sanseveria - From Latin

noun:

• truth of the middle (all things are in a middle state, being void yet having temporary existence) - Buddhism term ➜ 三諦

noun:

• (belief in the desirability of) education by rote learning

noun:

• twelve meridians (in acupuncture, etc.) ➜ 経絡

noun:

• curved indentation (esp. in stomach)

noun:

• insignificant article (in a newspaper)

noun / ~する noun:

• serious reply (response) (e.g. in 2ch threads) - abbreviation ➜ レス・まじ

noun:

• Ancien Regime (in France) - From French

adverb:

• (in the) emperor's hearing

noun:

• slender bambooshark (Chiloscyllium indicum, found in the Indo-West Pacific)

noun:

• egg slow-boiled so that the yolk is hard but the white is still soft (traditionally cooked in a hot spring)

noun:

• milk shark (Rhizoprionodon acutus, species of requiem shark found in the eastern Atlantic and the Indo-Pacific) ➜ 平頭