bigeye tuna (edible fish, Thunnus obesus)

water repellency

Edo-period hairstyle for the common man (the entire head shaved just above the ear, with the remainder tied up in the back)

pick-guard (protective patch on a shamisen, etc.)

pick-guard (protective patch on a biwa, etc.)

sound made by a plectrum

engraving of lacquer-stained ivory (popular during the Tang dynasty)

to reject

to send (something) flying ②to drive (something) off

water bucket suspended from a weighted rod

pushing away food one does not want to eat with one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette)

rejected goods ②jettisoned cargo

syllabic nasal (in Japanese)

nasal sound change (generation of the mora 'n', primarily from verb stems ending in 'i')

plucked string instrument

oil repellency