noun:

• type of Japanese woman's hairstyle using a hairpin (Edo period) ➜ 笄髷

noun:

• fee paid for the services of a geisha or prostitute

noun:

• introductory clause of a law, patent, etc.; chapeau; main paragraph

noun:

• ghost image; unexpected appearance of something unwanted in a photograph, etc.

noun:

• eating one's bento before lunchtime (e.g. of a student)

noun:

• rice field in the charge of a nominal holder (ritsuryo system) - archaism ➜ 名主【みょうしゅ】

noun:

• self-introduction (of a character in noh theatre) ➜ 名乗り

noun:

• supervised trading of a stock, e.g. during delisting ➜ 監理銘柄

noun:

• round pillars each side of the wall behind a shumidan dais - Buddhism term ➜ 須弥壇

noun:

• Glaucophyta; phylum comprising the glaucophytes (a group of freshwater microscopic algae)

noun:

• buying a CD, book, etc. because of the cover

noun:

• buying a CD, book, etc. because of the cover - abbreviation ➜ ジャケット買い【ジャケットがい】

noun:

• one's favourite member of a pop group, etc. - abbreviation ➜ 推しメンバー【おしメンバー】

noun:

• one's favourite member of a pop group, etc.

~の noun / noun:

• by order (of a superior); as instructed; official (e.g. notification)

noun:

• action rhymes; song sung (by children) as part of a game

noun / ~の noun:

• selection by the state (esp. of a defense lawyer); appointment; assignment ➜ 私選

noun:

• festival celebrating the return of a shintai to its main shrine - Shintō term ➜ 神体

noun:

• broadcast marathon; transmitting sequential episodes of a radio or television series

noun / ~する noun:

• making a feature part of the specifications - From English "spec-in"

noun:

• snowrose (Serissa japonica); tree of a thousand stars; Japanese boxthorn

noun:

• region code (e.g. of a DVD)

noun:

• long strips of decorative paper or leather attached to a matoi ➜ 纏

noun:

• mochi used for the celebration of a child's fiftieth day ➜ 五十日の祝

noun / ~する noun:

• having a hard time getting used to unfamiliar places (of children)