noun:

• Azuma-asobi (ancient Japanese dance suite that originated in eastern Japan) - archaism

noun:

• Capella (star in the constellation Auriga); Alpha Aurigae - Astronomy term

noun:

• indulgence (in the Catholic Church) ➜ 免罪符

noun:

• Altair (star in the constellation Aquila); Alpha Aquilae - Astronomy term ➜ アルタイル

expression:

• Excuse me for interrupting you when you are so busy (formal phrase used in business letters, etc.)

noun:

• nasal sound change (generation of the mora 'n', primarily from verb stems ending in 'i') - Linguistics term ➜ 促音便

noun:

• roofed corridor connecting two buildings (in traditional palatial-style architecture) ➜ 寝殿造

noun:

• coin (esp. an east Asian coin, many of which have a hole in the center)

noun:

• (in the midst of) busyness

noun:

• Okinawa soba (thick noodles served in a pork soup) ➜ 沖縄蕎麦

noun:

• humerus (upper bone in arm)

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• appeal (in court)

noun:

• symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship)

prefix noun:

• certain; unnamed; undisclosed; unidentified

noun / ~する noun:

• extensive references (in a text)

noun:

• the three most important cities (esp. in ref. to Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to demonstrate (e.g. in the streets)

noun:

• coolant (in a nuclear reactor)

noun:

• banded houndshark (Triakis scyllium, found in the northwest Pacific from southern Siberia to Taiwan)

noun:

• pattra (palmyra leaves used in Ancient India for writing upon)

noun:

• bite (in fishing)

noun:

• bass range (in Japanese music) - abbreviation ➜ 甲【かん】
• six even-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale ➜ 十二律・律
• Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale similar to Mixolydian mode (corresp. to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do) ➜ 呂旋

noun:

• lack of (slackness in) military discipline; demoralization - four character idiom

noun:

• Yūbari melon (sweet orange melon grown in Yūbari City, Hokkaido) ➜ カンタロープ

noun:

• bagua mirror (mirror used in divination in fengshui); pa kua mirror

noun:

• gidayū ballad drama (narrative accompanied by a shamisen used in the bunraku puppet theater) ➜ 義太夫