noun:

• shake-hands grip (in ping-pong, table tennis)

noun:

• cutting off the leg at the knee (form of punishment in ancient China) - archaism - obscure term ➜ 剕

noun:

• classical form of i-adjective inflection (easily recognized by its attributive form ending in "ki" and predicative form ending in "shi")

noun:

• Eviota shimadai (species of pygmy goby found in Japan, Palau and Indonesia)

noun:

• Liquidambar (genus in family Altingiaceae); sweetgum genus

noun:

• auspicious characters (used in people or place names)

noun:

• hitting the maximum value of a numeric counter (in a video game) - From English "counter stop" ➜ カンスト

noun:

• start button (e.g. in Windows) - IT term

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be invited (often to perform for an audience); to be called

noun:

• slot time (in CSMA-CD) - IT term

noun:

• civil legal aid system (e.g. legal aid for poor people)

noun / ~する noun:

• entering a mountain area (for climbing)
• entering a monastery; coming to live in a temple

noun:

• resealable metal can (for coffee, tea leaves, sweets, etc.)

noun:

• mei long (dinosaur discovered in China)

noun:

• upstage center (in a noh play) - located in front of the 大鼓 and 小鼓 players ➜ 大小

noun:

• salmon (esp. salmon swimming upstream in the autumn)
• salted salmon ➜ 塩鮭

noun:

• cigarette lighter (in an automobile); car cigar lighter

noun:

• scattering (e.g. in statistics); scatter; dispersion; variation

noun:

• eight parts of speech (in traditional English grammar, etc.) - obscure term - Linguistics term

noun:

• eszet (German character for ss); eszett

noun:

• simplified receipt with a blank line to be filled out with the customer's name (used specifically for claiming expenses)

noun:

• purifying salt (thrown in the sumo ring before a bout, after funerals, etc.) ➜ 清めの塩

noun:

• discrectionary account (in securities)

noun:

• marble pattern (in beef) ➜ 霜降り

noun:

• saddle carpetshark (Cirrhoscyllium japonicum, species found in Japan)