noun:

• taiji (in Chinese philosophy, the principle that embodies all potential things, incl. time and space)

noun:

• partitive article (e.g. "du" in French) - Linguistics term

noun / ~する noun:

• specialization (in a field of study); study

noun:

• scroll containing a single line of calligraphy, often of Zen content (usu. found in a tea-ceremony room or house)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to corner (esp. an opponent's king in shogi); to trap; to checkmate - slang ➜ 詰める

noun:

• hardy rubber tree (near-threatened species often used in Chinese medicine, Eucommia ulmoides) ➜ トチュウ科

noun:

• safe bet (in horse racing); sure thing

noun:

• the four examinations (in Chinese medicine: seeing, hearing, asking, touching) ➜ 四診

noun:

• three noble families (Kan'in, Kazan'in, and Nakanoin or Koga)
• three branch Tokugawa families (Owari, Kii, and Mito) ➜ 御三家

noun:

• card to pick up (in card games); card that is picked up by players instead of read (in karuta); card printed with the second half of a poem (in karuta) ➜ 読み札

noun:

• separation of farmers and samurai (system in effect from the Azuchi-Momoyama period until the Edo period)

noun:

• type of food (sliced dried herring or other fish wrapped in konbu seaweed and boiled)

noun:

• pouring ladle (in ironworks) ➜ 取り鍋

noun / ~の noun:

• open access (in a library); open shelves

noun:

• ink sac (in cephalopods) ➜ 墨汁嚢

noun:

• fifth year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō) ➜ 三革・戊辰

noun:

• five court-musician dolls at the Girl's Festival (in March) - four character idiom

noun:

• contraction (in phonetics) - Linguistics term

noun:

• taste (in goods, etc.)
• manners; etiquette
• modesty; restraint; prudence
• knowledge, experience (of the arts, etc.); accomplishments
• taking care of one's personal appearance

noun:

• (as used in Northern Japan) greenling ➜ 鮎魚女
• (as used in Kochi and surrounds) medaka ricefish ➜ 目高

noun:

• furthest pine tree from a noh stage (of the three placed in front of the bridge walkway)

noun:

• Japanese variety of music box (invented in 1892 by Toda Kindo)

noun:

• medial (in phonics) - Linguistics term

noun:

• Health and Sports Day (national holiday; second Monday in October); Health-Sports Day; Sports Day

noun:

• congestion control (e.g. in a network) - IT term