noun:

• ridged wooden bench used in SM practices (and in the Edo period for torturing female prisoners)

noun:

• type of flat knot used in nets

noun:

• special leather belt used in ceremonial court dress, covered in black lacquer and decorated with stones and jewels - obscure term ➜ 石帯

noun:

• special leather belt used in ceremonial court dress, covered in black lacquer and decorated with stones and jewels ➜ 石帯

noun:

• ornately decorated horse used in processions of dignitaries
• horse led by a rope

pronoun:

• honorific used in company correspondence

noun:

• oval tub or tray used in fish shops

noun:

• practice book used in jōruri and nagauta

noun:

• private-sphere language; language used in every day life; dialect - Linguistics term

auxiliary verb:

• (those) who are; (that) which is; often used in relation to qualifications and requirements for a position; in the capacity of - after a noun, usu. as 〜たる者, etc. ➜ たり・たるや

noun:

• simplified form (of a kanji); any of 22 simplified non-joyo kanji variants commonly used in print ➜ 常用漢字

noun:

• post horse; horses used in the post-station system of old Japan - archaism

noun:

• raku ware; hand-moulded, lead glazed earthenware pottery fired at low temperatures, esp. used in tea ceremony (molded)

noun:

• decorative portable shrine; float used in festivals - not often used in Kyoto - Kansai dialect ➜ 山車【だし】

noun:

• raigan (Omphalia lapidescens); parasitic fungus which grows on bamboo, used in Chinese medicine

noun:

• mirin; type of sweet rice wine used in cooking

noun:

• Omachi rice; late growing wet-land rice variety, often used in sake production

noun:

• standard printed form (of kanji); any of 1,022 non-joyo kanji commonly used in print ➜ 常用漢字

noun:

• Japan; name for Japan used in ancient China

noun:

• kakko; Japanese hourglass drum, played with sticks on both sides, traditionally used in gagaku - Music term

noun:

• mochikinchaku; glutinous rice in a pouch of fried tofu, used in oden ➜ 巾着【きんちゃく】

noun:

• KuTen code; matrix code system used in JIS character standards - IT term

noun:

• horse oil; extract of horse subcutaneous fat, used in cosmetics and traditional medicine

counter:

• double; unit used in calculation of a hand's score - Mahjong term

noun:

• method of Buddhist study and practice that is based in meditative concentration; meditative methods used in Zen Buddhism - Buddhism term