noun:

• disk-shaped pad for pressing paper when making a print from a wood block; rubbing pad; baren

noun:

• robe with a round collar, stitched sides and a ran, worn by the emperor and high-ranking officials ➜ 襴

noun:

• coherence theory (theory that a proposition is true if it corresponds with a specified set of other propositions) ➜ 対応説

noun:

• edict from a senior official in government or military which had the status of a binding official document

noun:

• billhook; fascine knife; sickle-shaped tool with a sharp inner edge, halfway between a knife and an axe

noun:

• duo (ancient Chinese bell with a clapper and a long handle) ➜ 鈴
• large wind bell ［たく］ ➜ 風鈴

~の noun / adjectival noun:

• on the cheap side; comparatively cheap ➜ 高め【たかめ】

noun:

• wait tile which produces a winning hand with a lower score - Mahjong term

expression:

• harsh words make the going rough; consider your words; a round egg can be cut into a square [literal] - proverb

expression / ichidan verb:

• to harm; to cause harm to

noun:

• compared to our company's products (a phrase often used in advertising when comparing old and new products); in this company's comparison
• as I see it; by my estimate - colloquialism

noun:

• son (of others); boy; young master - honorific language
• green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world

expression:

• be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)

noun:

• Ten'ichijin; Nakagami; god of fortune in Onmyōdō who descends to the northeast on the 46th day of the sexagenary cycle and completes a clockwise circuit, spending five days on each cardinal point and six days on each ordinal point, returning to heaven from the north on the 30th day of the next sexagenary cycle; travelling in the direction of Ten'ichijin is considered unlucky - abbreviation ➜ 天一神・陰陽道・己酉・癸巳

~と adverb / adverb:

• isolated; standing alone - ぽっつり is emphatic - onomatopoeia
• falling in drops (e.g. rain) - onomatopoeia
• saying a single word; muttering just a few words - onomatopoeia

godan ~く verb:

• to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder

expression / ichidan verb:

• to relax one's efforts; to let up; to let one's guard down

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to harm one's health; to injure one's health; to be harmful to one's health

noun:

• training method in sports, etc. where one imagines how a scenario would play out; mental rehearsal; mental preparation; visualization (for practicing a skill in one's mind)(practising); practicing under simulated conditions (e.g. while watching a video); mental dry run - From English "image training"

noun:

• mysteries of one's master's art
• robes and a bowl (monk's key possessions auctioned off at his funeral); "transmission of the dharma from master to disciple (in Zen)" [figurative] - original meaning - Buddhism term

noun:

• red eboshi (headgear worn by Japanese men prior to and during the Edo period, which was ordinarily black in color) ➜ 亭主の好きな赤烏帽子
• metaphor for an odd item or having a taste for such an item

auxiliary verb:

• indicates recollection or realization (i.e. of hearsay or the past); can form a poetic past tense
• indicates continuation from the past to the present
• end; conclusion - also written with the ateji 鳧

noun / adjectival noun:

• trouble; bother; annoyance; nuisance; inconvenience

~する noun:

• to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)

numeric:

• one-hundredth; 0.3 mm (one-hundredth of a sun); 0.1 percent (one-hundredth of a wari); 0.0375 grams (one-hundredth of a monme)

noun:

• old monetary unit (0.001 yen)

noun:

• boss; leader; head
• difficult enemy in a video game, usu. found at the end of a level or game

noun:

• guardrail; handrail; bannister; balustrade; parapet
• (a person) shining like the stars or moon; (a person) crying endlessly ［欄干・闌干］ - archaism