noun:

• keeper of imperial archives
• worker skilled in the brewing of sake or soy sauce

noun:

• var. of knot often used to tie mizu-hiki ➜ 鮑結び
• woman's hairstyle, braided in this fashion

ichidan verb:

• to look afar
• to look at something while absorbed in reverie; to look at something while absorbed in one's thoughts

noun:

• short roughly woven fence - usu. not 間狭 - archaism
• divider between boxes (i.e. for box seats) in a theatre, etc.

noun:

• partition board; plank used as a partition
• board used in a ship to prevent the cargo from moving around

noun:

• progressive form - Linguistics term
• in progress (e.g. of a project)

noun:

• Lorelei (Loreley); Rhine maiden who lured sailors to their doom
• rock in the Rhine

noun / ~する noun:

• going along with something; following the crowd
• treating something in an equal or egalitarian manner

noun / ~する noun:

• trampling down snow on a path

noun:

• foot-worn instrument for trampling snow

noun:

• blind snake (esp. the Brahminy blind snake, Ramphotyphlops braminus); worm snake

expression:

• fools rush in - abbreviation ➜ 盲蛇に怖じず

noun:

• cricket (Gryllidae spp.)
• any insect that chirps in autumn - archaism

noun:

• intensive deliberation
• televised parliamentary debate for an important issue (esp. the budget)

noun:

• the wise readily adapt themselves to changed circumstances; the wise are quick to acknowledge their mistakes and correct them - four character idiom
• (in colloquial usage, ironically or as an excuse) the wise make no scruple in suddenly changing their demeanor

noun:

• cold water
• water in midwinter

noun:

• small okurigana used with kanbun
• small kana used for diphthongs (ya, yo, yu, i, etc.)

noun:

• flower basket ［はなかご・はなこ］
• flower basket (or plate) used for flower-scattering rituals ［はなかご・けこ］ - usu. けこ - Buddhism term

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to knock back; to strike back
• to beat in revenge

noun:

• ridges on a blade (sword, knife, etc.)
• ridged pattern in building

noun:

• dragon's den
• auspicious place for a temple, town, etc. to be built (feng shui)

noun:

• jockey's racing uniform
• one's best clothes (esp. for women), normally put aside for important meetings, dates, etc. - colloquialism

noun:

• tea chest
• box for tea utensils (tea ceremony)

noun:

• quadruple time; four-four time; common time - Music term
• the four instruments in the accompanying orchestra in noh, etc. (flute, floor drum, small hand drum, large hand drum) - Music term ➜ 囃子【はやし】・笛【ふえ】・大鼓【おおつづみ】・小鼓【こつづみ】・太鼓【たいこ】

noun:

• homosexual prostitute who sold favors at banquets, etc. (late Edo) - archaism ➜ 若衆【わかしゅ】
• actor-in-training in kabuki - archaism

noun:

• undeveloped woodland near populated area
• settlement pattern of living in upland valleys and cultivating lower slopes

noun:

• scarabaeid beetle grub
• any insect (or worm, etc.) that lives in soil