noun:

• special version of a product with features that allow it to be used for evaluation - abbreviation - From English "evaluation chip"

noun:

• face sheet (top copy); questionnaire that asks for a demographic profile

noun:

• order; ordering
• beginning; start
• foreword; preface; introduction ➜ 序詞
• opening of a song (in gagaku or noh) ➜ 序破急

noun:

• food covered in a thick starchy sauce (usu. made of kuzu or katakuriko flour) - Food term ➜ 餡

noun / ~の noun:

• establishing a large lead over one's competitors; breaking away (from the field)

noun:

• Cheki; brand of small instant cameras made by Fujifilm

interjection:

• check it out; take a look - From English "check it"

noun:

• allowance paid by the Sumo Association to a coach for each wrestler in his stable - Sumo term

adjective:

• patronizing; expecting gratitude in return; acting like one is doing someone a favor; condescending ➜ 恩に着せる【おんにきせる】

noun:

• etalon (optical element with parallel surfaces used to increase the coherent length of a laser)

expression:

• indication that a page or site may be linked without restriction - From English "link free"

noun:

• central black dot on a go board
• Tengen era (978.11.29-983.4.15)

noun:

• (of a website) being delisted or censored by the Google search engine

noun:

• pocket square; decorative handkerchief used as an accessory to a suit - From English "pocket (handker)chief"

noun:

• compliments; civilities; courtesies; flattery - polite language
• hospitality; special treatment; entertainment - polite language
• bill (at a restaurant); check - polite language

noun:

• off-flavor; bitterness or other unpleasant taste that detracts from the flavour of a drink

noun:

• person who pushily takes charge when cooking a hot pot at the table; hotpot boss [literal] - humorous term

noun:

• (railway, bus, highway) route designed or designated to meet a specific problem
• countermeasure program (policy)

noun:

• Potsdam Declaration (July 26, 1945 statement establishing the terms of a Japanese surrender)

noun:

• second life (esp. that of a retiree)
• SecondLife (online virtual world)

noun:

• Piltdown man (manufactured fossil of a fraudulent ape-human missing link, Eoanthropus dawsoni)

noun:

• robe worn by military officials with a round collar, unstitched open sides and no ran ➜ 襴

noun:

• implements used to enhance the effect of a play (e.g. props, costumes, etc.)

noun:

• day in the near future when a major event is expected to occur - colloquialism - From English "X-day"

noun:

• raised tatami-floored seating area (usu. in a Japanese restaurant); small separate dining room

noun:

• (in China) 9th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. A sharp) ➜ 十二律・鸞鏡
• seventh lunar month