noun:

• metal collar mounted between a sword blade and the hand guard

noun:

• place in a TV program; television spot

noun:

• part of a lock that receives the latch; keeper; strike ➜ 掛け金【かけがね】

expression:

• clouds that stand like a mountain peak during the summer

noun:

• card indicating a pass in the higher Chinese civil service examinations - archaism ➜ 科挙

noun:

• small garden best enjoyed while sitting at a fixed viewing point ➜ 回遊式庭園

noun:

• one scene (e.g. in a movie)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to achieve one's first victory after a string of losses - Sumo term

noun:

• leather or cloth wrapped around the handle of a sword

noun:

• female servant hired at a lady-in-waiting's own expense - archaism

noun:

• following someone through a locked door, thus obtaining unauthorized access

noun:

• restaurant with a play area for children - From English "kids' cafe"

noun:

• fee paid for the services of a geisha or prostitute

noun:

• falling to the ground like a Buddha statue being thrown down

noun:

• fine white noodles served flowing in a small flume ➜ 素麺

expression:

• in any way; to some extent; even if only a little

noun / ~の noun:

• frivolity; unpredictability; erraticism
• first-time guest in a red-light district

noun / ~の noun:

• something that will last a lifetime (esp. high-quality products)

noun:

• introductory clause of a law, patent, etc.; chapeau; main paragraph

noun:

• ghost image; unexpected appearance of something unwanted in a photograph, etc.

noun:

• mid-sized store
• middle-class brothel (in a red-light district)

noun:

• pressure suppression (e.g. pool, container in a nuclear power plant)

noun:

• eating one's bento before lunchtime (e.g. of a student)

noun:

• rice field in the charge of a nominal holder (ritsuryo system) - archaism ➜ 名主【みょうしゅ】

noun:

• self-introduction (of a character in noh theatre) ➜ 名乗り