noun:

• modal shift (esp. changes in freight transport, e.g. from air to sea)

noun:

• kousso (vermifuge made from pistillate brayera flowers); kosso; cusso; koso - obscure term ➜ 苦蘇

noun:

• dirndl; traditional dress from Bavaria, Austria and South Tyrol

noun:

• Oriental butterflyfish (Chaetodon auripes, species found mostly from Japan to Taiwan)

noun:

• standing panel used in Kansai-area rakugo to hide the performer's legs from view; knee-hider [literal]

noun:

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

noun:

• long mai (feng shui); longmai; the air or energy flowing down from an undulating mountain range ➜ 龍穴

noun / ~する noun:

• growth; development; growing up; becoming an adult
• growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)

noun:

• tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end
• slope at the foot of a mountain

noun / ~する noun:

• provision of lunch (e.g. at office, school, etc.); providing a meal; lunch service ➜ 学校給食【がっこうきゅうしょく】

noun:

• skin
• condom - colloquialism
• skin (e.g. alternative look and feel for interface of a program) - IT term

noun:

• castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord

noun:

• turret; watchtower
• high wooden stage; scaffolding
• wooden frame (of a kotatsu) ➜ 炬燵
• weapons storehouse - archaism

noun:

• (one's) initials; first letter (of a name, sentence, etc.)

noun / ~の noun:

• initial; first

noun:

• form of hopscotch in which the player kicks a stone through the course

noun / ~する noun:

• beating someone up by ganging up on them; facing a barrage of criticism

noun:

• playing an entire composition without break; continually playing (in the background of a melody)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to feel like an idiot; to make a fool of yourself

noun:

• ornately decorated horse used in processions of dignitaries
• horse led by a rope

noun / ~する noun:

• entry into the sanctum of a shrine or temple; access to the imperial court

noun:

• sweeping over (e.g. of a natural disaster); engulfing
• sweeping victory; clean sweep

noun:

• arrow with a whistle attached; whistling arrow used to signal the start of battle ➜ 嚆矢

noun:

• sleeping while on a sea voyage; falling asleep to the sound of the ocean

noun:

• nail hider; nailhead cover; decorative object which conceals the head of a nail - Architecture term

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to consider (all the circumstances); to bear (a number of things) in mind