noun:

• stepper (device used in the manufacture of integrated circuits)

noun:

• mochi received from one's parents after giving birth (trad. eaten in miso soup to improve lactation)

noun:

• (accomplished in) both the literary and military arts - four character idiom

noun:

• Purple Forbidden Enclosure (group of constellations in the northern sky associated with the emperor)

noun:

• necromancer (esp. a blind female in northeastern Honshu); medium; shaman ➜ 巫子【いちこ】・口寄せ

noun:

• Lakshmi (consort of Vishnu in Hinduism) ➜ 吉祥天

noun:

• Volkerwanderung (great migration in Europe during the Migration Age)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl

noun:

• repetition of position (in chess, shogi, etc.); repetition draw

noun:

• events of May 1968 (strikes, protests and riots in France)

noun:

• sitting on the floor grasping one's knees (as in a gym class)

noun:

• serving tea (esp. in tea ceremony) - polite language

noun:

• negative reaction (in patient)

noun:

• giant pygmy goby (Trimma gigantum, fish found in Palau)

noun:

• graceful shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides, species of requiem shark found in the tropical Indo-Pacific)

noun:

• commentary (on any of the 64 hexagrams in the Book of Changes) - obscure term

noun / ~する noun:

• breaking off short (in one's speech); rendered speechless for a moment - four character idiom

noun:

• second adding of charcoal to the fire (in tea ceremony) ➜ 後の炭

noun:

• long metal chopsticks (for handling charcoal, esp. in a brazier); fire tongs

expression / ichidan verb:

• to lose interest (in); to grow less enthusiastic

noun / prefix noun:

• China (sometimes also used in ref. to Korea or other foreign countries) - archaism

noun:

• Parapoxvirus (genus of large oval shaped DNA based viruses in the family Poxviridae)

noun:

• Deer-Antler-Cutting Ceremony (held in Nara between late October and early November)

noun:

• middle dot (typographical symbol used between parallel terms, names in katakana, etc.); full-stop mark at mid- character height; interpoint (interword separation) ➜ 中黒・中点

noun:

• invitation letter (e.g. document in support of a visa to enter Japan)