noun:

• painting made with gold or silver paint (usu. on a dark background)

noun:

• silver foil or leaf

noun:

• local warriors, or provincial or district officials, who developed paddy field lands

noun:

• train or bus thief

noun:

• (long-handled) bamboo winnow used to sift earth or sand

noun:

• frying or baking something thick (e.g. omelette) ➜ 薄焼き

noun:

• tile accidentally or mistakenly shown to other players - Mahjong term

noun:

• cheap lodging or flophouse, especially in a skid row area or slum

noun:

• building addition or extension; an annex

noun:

• exclusive OR - IT term

noun:

• one's trade or profession

noun:

• congratulatory card or letter sent to the Emperor; congratulatory address

noun / ~する noun:

• adjourning the Diet or an assembly

noun:

• room or pavilion of residence for the master of the house (Heian period palatial-style architecture) ➜ 寝殿造
• room where the emperor usually lives in the imperial palace

noun:

• layman or laity - Buddhism term

noun:

• miniature medal or decoration

expression:

• come hell or high water; no matter what happens; even if rain or spears should fall [literal] - idiom ➜ 雨が降ろうと槍が降ろうと

noun:

• list or table of charges; tariff; price list

noun:

• the three tones of Chinese that exclude the high-level, or first, tone

noun / ~する noun:

• intermediate coat of paint or lacquer; second coat

noun:

• person in the online community who seeks to identify others from the information they post online, or who tries to identify places and objects that appear in comics or games - derogatory term - slang

noun:

• lidded pottery or receptacle

noun:

• votive tablet depicting a math puzzle given in devotion to a shrine or temple by a wasan mathematician ➜ 和算【わさん】

noun:

• number of stairs or stories (storeys)
• rank; order - Mathematics term

noun:

• embroidery and foil or gilt