noun:

• Qing-era Chinese music (popularized in Japan during the early 19th century) ➜ 清【しん】

noun:

• Ming-era Chinese music (popularized in Japan during the early 17th century) ➜ 明【みん】

noun:

• twig tea; stem tea; kukicha; tea made from twigs pruned from the tea plant during its dormant season

noun:

• new style poetry; new style poem

noun / ~する noun:

• abstention (from voting); renunciation (of a right); withdrawal (from a contest)

noun:

• subject (of a portrait or bust); a person posing for a portrait or bust - obscure term
• (historically) patron; someone who commissions a Buddhist temple or work of art

noun:

• character written in the highly cursive sōsho style ➜ 草書【そうしょ】

noun:

• imperial memorial ceremony (held on the anniversary of the emperor's or empress's death, on fixed years) ➜ 式年

noun:

• fireplace or hearth dug into the ground or floor ➜ 囲炉裏

noun:

• traditional Japanese paper made from the fibre of plant species Diplomorpha sikokiana (high quality, glossy) ➜ 雁皮

noun:

• type of crime which requires a formal complaint from the victim in order to prosecute - Law term

noun:

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

noun:

• Tomini surgeonfish (Ctenochaetus tominiensis, species of bristletooth tang from the Western Central Pacific)

noun:

• moon, snow and flowers; beauty of the four seasons (from a poem by Bai Juyi) ➜ 雪月花

noun:

• traditional Japanese paper made from the fibre of plant species Diplomorpha sikokiana (high quality, glossy) ➜ 雁皮紙

noun:

• platform in front of a temple's principal image, from which the officiating monk chants - Buddhism term

ichidan verb:

• to place a hat, etc. on someone's head - archaism
• to award clothing to someone as a reward or a souvenir
• to place the blame or burden of responsibility on someone else
• to use something as an excuse or a pretext

noun / ~する noun:

• defection from or leaving a (political) party

noun:

• release from office; military service, or prison

noun:

• mix of peanuts and spicy baked or fried mochi chips in the shape of kaki (Japanese persimmon) seeds - abbreviation ➜ 柿の種【かきのたね】・ピーナッツ・ピー柿

noun:

• purifying salt ［塩花・鹽花］ - archaism
• pile of salt placed by the door of a shop or restaurant ［塩花・鹽花］
• whitecap

noun:

• name of an era; year number

noun:

• era of Japanese imperialism (esp. Korea)

noun:

• sake bottle; tall and slender bottle with a narrow mouth made from ceramic, metal or glass that can be used for sake, shoyu or rice vinegar
• turtleneck (sweater)
• someone who cannot swim

noun:

• stone paving; cobble paving; sett; flagstone
• stone steps ➜ 石段
• check (pattern) ➜ 市松
• pavé; rectangular dessert (usu. made from chocolate or several layers of sponge cake) ［石畳・石だたみ・石畳み］ - Food term