noun:

• shogunate retainer or vassal

noun:

• dethroned emperor or king

noun:

• blue cloth or ground

noun:

• hard-working farmer or agriculturalist

noun:

• person subject to a conservatorship or curatorship

noun:

• unnatural or untimely death

auxiliary:

• word used at sentence-end (like a particle) to indicate speculation, volition or invitation - Kantō, Tōhoku dialect ➜ 可い

suffix:

• familiar suffix used after a personal name ［ぺ］

noun:

• mnemonic OR address - IT term

noun:

• goods in stock or on hand or in one's possession

noun:

• private or personal collection (of poetry)

noun:

• family of Shinto priests serving a shrine on a hereditary basis

noun:

• comics or novels about male homosexuality, targetted at young women - colloquialism - From English "boys love" ➜ ＢＬコミック・やおい

noun:

• a dirty or underhanded trick

noun:

• distinguished or meritorious service

noun:

• the thirteen sects of Sect Shinto (Fuso-kyo, Taisha-kyo, Jikko-kyo, Konko-kyo, Kurozumi-kyo, Misogi-kyo, Ontake-kyo, Shinri-kyo, Shinshu-kyo, Shinto Shusei-ha, Shinto Taikyo, Taisei-kyo, Tenri-kyo) ➜ 教派神道

noun:

• word, phrase, or image that is perceived as showing or suggesting discrimination or prejudice against a person or group of people

noun:

• boiling sake or mirin (to reduce the alcohol content); boiled-down sake; boiled-down mirin

noun:

• citizens of a local area or region - obscure term ➜ 地元民

noun / ~する noun:

• illegal or black-market transaction; secret deal

noun:

• in the shape of a pillar or column

noun:

• dull or blunt sword

noun:

• wife of a shogun or a highest-ranking nobleman

noun:

• (Edo-period) didactic novel or fiction

noun:

• style or construction of a gate; gate-equipped (house, shop, etc.) ［もんがまえ］
• kanji "gate" radical (radical 169) - as in 閭

noun:

• object or shape that symbolizes the vow of a buddha or bodhisattva to save all life - Buddhism term