noun:

• star (white patch on the forehead of a horse)

noun:

• swallowtail butterfly larva (a pest of citrus plants)

noun:

• presentation of a draft bill (to parliament, diet, etc.)

noun:

• khan (medieval ruler of a Tatary tribe)

noun:

• enshrinement hall (of a buddha); temple
• cathedral (esp. Catholic) - usu. as お御堂

noun:

• organization of shrine parishioners in a hamlet; parish guild

noun:

• code name (of a product under development)

noun:

• code name (of a product under development)

noun:

• communications partner; entity at the end of a communication - IT term

noun:

• without a place of publication; sine loco; s.l.

noun:

• rustic tea house made out of a thatched hut

adverb:

• sound of something making firm contact with a flat surface - onomatopoeia ➜ ぺたぺた

noun:

• factory worker with a fixed term contract of employment

noun:

• idol (i.e. carving or painting of a deity)

noun:

• rest for the lid of a teakettle (tea ceremony)

noun:

• using two different chopsticks together (a breach of etiquette)

noun:

• platform (e.g. of a party); policy statement; manifesto

~たる adjective / ~と adverb / ~の noun:

• dispersed (of citizens in a war-torn country, etc.)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to raise one's head (esp. of a snake)

noun:

• var. of senbei shaped like a Japanese plum

noun:

• title song (of a record) - From English "title tune"

noun:

• (in gagaku or noh) middle section of a song ➜ 序破急

noun:

• lower reaches (e.g. of a valley); downstream sector

noun:

• center of a flower (centre); pistils and stamens ➜ 花蕊

expression / ~する verb (spec.):

• to apologize for a long neglect of friends (apologise)