noun:

• Kodama; slowest Tōkaidō and Sanyō-line Shinkansen train service (stopping at all stations) ➜ ひかり・のぞみ

noun:

• stairs at the front of a noh stage, which go over the white gravel separating the audience from the stage ➜ 白洲

noun:

• postcards with the bottom third of the front side reserved for an advertisement, and sold at a lower cost than regular postcards

noun:

• five implements placed in front of a Buddhist altar: two candlesticks, two vases (usu. containing flowers made of gilded copper) and one incense burner

noun:

• slip; omission
• outcome; final result; the end
• punch line (of a joke) - often オチ - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• Nozomi; fastest Tōkaidō and Sanyō-line Shinkansen train service (stopping only at largest stations) ➜ こだま・ひかり

noun:

• feel; touch
• impression (of a person)
• most impressive passage; highlight; punch line - orig. meaning
• beginning - colloquialism

noun:

• yao (line representing yin or yang that comprises one third of a trigram) ➜ 卦

noun:

• Serial Line Internet Protocol; SLIP - IT term

expression:

• there's but a fine line between genius and insanity - proverb

noun:

• sappanwood (Caesalpinia sappan)
• sappanwood dye (red in colour) (color)
• layered colour (light brown on the front, dark red beneath)

noun / ~する noun:

• bowing respectfully with one's hands clasped in front of one's chest - obscure term
• abdication of an emperor to a successor (China) - archaism

noun:

• main gate; front gate - obscure term
• latter half of the Lotus Sutra, which describes the nature of the Buddha - Buddhism term ➜ 迹門

noun:

• front office; head office; top management; executive office

noun:

• superalloy
• Chogokin; line of die-cast metal robot and character toys sold by Popy

noun:

• stealthy steps
• spurt to overtake a leading horse just before the finish line

expression:

• the line between good and evil is no wider than a razor's edge - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• covering private parts (esp. actors during filming)

noun:

• minimal bikini bottom (held only by tiny straps or adhesive tape)
• lined hakama that bulge in the front ［前張り・前張］

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to line up; to form a party

noun:

• (dead) end; end of the line

noun:

• person in line (for ...); person expected to ...

noun:

• picking parts (automobile production line); picking part

noun:

• new product; new line (of products)

noun:

• logic; reasoning; argument; line of argument

noun / ~の noun:

• single line; solid wire; single track