(sociolinguistics) dialectology

the Japanese spirit / (figuratively) the unique qualities or traits of the Japanese people

(collective) 平仮名 (hiragana) and 片仮名 (katakana)

a Japanese word of ancient Japanese origin (as opposed to a word borrowed from Chinese, or composed in Japan from Chinese-derived roots) / Japanese songs or poetry (such as tanka)

(music) a six-stringed koto or zither used to perform kagura music, more common in ancient times

Synonym of 撫子 (nadeshiko, “pink: any flower of the genus Dianthus”). / Yamato nadeshiko, a woman who possesses the ideal classical Japanese feminine attributes.

to hum something, to sing to oneself

(linguistics) "dialect dressup": appropriation of dialect features by a non-dialect speaker

to say out loud

Kyūjitai form of 口実 (“excuse, pretext”)