noun:

• three-game match; three-bout contest; a rubber (in a card game) - four character idiom

noun:

• seasonal flowers arranged for a tea ceremony; flowers in a tea room

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to make a move; to move a piece (e.g. in shogi)

noun:

• end of a road; end of a street

noun / adjectival noun:

• elegance; dandyism; sophistication; having style
• affectation; showing off; putting on an air; appearances; doing something just for show

noun:

• scale (of fish, snake, etc.)
• serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))

noun:

• long, narrow card on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); strip of paper
• thin rectangle - abbreviation ➜ 短冊形

suffix:

• care of (e.g. address on letter); c/o

noun:

• encouragement; bringing around; resuscitation ［きつけ］
• stimulant; tonic; restorative ［きつけ］ - abbreviation ➜ 気付け薬

noun:

• bench (i.e. for bathroom); seat; small piece of furniture upon which one can sit on ➜ 腰掛け

noun:

• rectangular bugaku mask made of thick paper and white silk with facial features drawn on it ➜ 舞楽

noun:

• Roe v. Wade (landmark United States Supreme Court decision disallowing many legal restrictions on abortion, 1973)

noun / adjectival noun:

• acting without restraint; self-indulgence; wild license; eccentricity
• being pretentious; putting on airs; foppery; dandyism; coxcombry; gaudiness

noun:

• slat (window blind, aircraft wing component, etc.)
• slut; eggslut; breakfast dish based on coddled egg and pureed potato - Food term ➜ エッグスラット

noun:

• entrance fee; initiation fee; registration fee; present to a teacher
• gift of dried meat from a new vassal or pupil - archaism

noun:

• fat underbelly of a fish
• sand polishing
• sand finish (e.g. finishing a wall with sand mortar)
• chicken gizzard - colloquialism - Food term ➜ 砂嚢

noun / ~する noun:

• infringement (of a law, treaty, etc.); contravention; running afoul
• conflict (with a theory, claim, etc.); inconsistency; incompatibility; contradiction
• collision; contact; touching - orig. meaning - archaism

noun:

• corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)

noun:

• host in a bar for male homosexuals; effeminate man who talks and dresses like a woman; young male homosexual - From English "gay boy"

noun:

• nightingale (flooring); method of laying floors to deliberately make a noise (like a nightingale's call) when walked across (security feature)

adverb:

• sound of a flat surface repeatedly making contact with something - onomatopoeia
• applying a seal or stamp again and again; pasting (paper) all over - onomatopoeia
• daubing; smearing - onomatopoeia

expression:

• those who resort to blandishments and fawning smiles are apt to lack compassion; a honeyed tongue with a heart of gall - archaism ➜ 巧言令色

noun:

• streamers (made of linen, paper, etc.) attached to a long pole (used as a wand in grand purification ceremonies) - archaism
• being in great demand

expression:

• Finger cut-off, ten thousand fist-punches, whoever lies has to swallow a thousand needles [literal]; words said when making a pinky swear - idiom ➜ 指切り【ゆびきり】

noun / ~する noun:

• reservation; appointment; booking; advance order
• contract; subscription; pledge
• programming (e.g. a device); setting (e.g. a timer)

noun:

• category killer; retailer that sells a wide selection of a given category of goods - Business term