子

konbu as a betrothal gift (representing fertility and having healthy children)

puppeteer; puppet player

かいらいし only

wirepuller; string-puller; man behind the scenes

Honorific

Sun Tzu (Chinese military strategist; 544?-496 BCE)

The Art of War (military text by Sun Tzu; ca. 5th century BCE)

Sun Bin Bing Fa (military text by Sun Bin)

clothes padded with cotton

nest (of boxes); nesting

concealed information

入れ子 only; Computing

nested structure

入れ子 only; Dated term

adopting a child after one's own has died; child adopted by a parent of a deceased child

cavity in an oar (fitted onto a peg as part of a traditional oarlock)

dried candies; dried confectionary; cookies

poppy seed

Often 〜ほど or 〜のよう

something extremely tiny

shoji paper

Physics

quantum theory

whitebait

elver (young eel)

facet; facetted object

elm bark clothes traditionally worn by the Ainu; elm bark textile

electronic edition; online edition

puppy; whelp

magic word said to comfort a frightened child and put him to sleep

water molecule

Wood Rat (1st term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1924, 1984, 2044)

love between a parent and child; parent-child affection

Food, cooking

boiled gyoza

children

kid; young goat

Astronomy

Leo (constellation); the Lion

Buddhism

Buddha's seat; seat of a high monk

shuttlecock (in hanetsuki)

breech presentation (feet or buttocks-first birth); breech delivery; breech birth

Formal or literary term

child; young lad

Formal or literary term

stripling; greenhorn; inexperienced person