noun:

• coloring fabric by placing a paper stencil over it and brushing on the dye; fabric colored in such a manner - obscure term

noun:

• helmet with white hair coming out of the top to make one look like an old person ➜ 老冠
• kanji "old" radical at top

particle:

• particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.)

noun:

• fish of the genus Rhinogobius ➜ ヨシノボリ
• dusky tripletooth goby (Tridentiger obscurus) ➜ チチブ
• common freshwater goby (Gymnogobius urotaenia) ➜ ウキゴリ
• Japanese fluvial sculpin (fish, Cottus pollux) ➜ 鰍

noun:

• coping; top rail; cap piece; head board; what covers the top of a wall, torii or gate, not necessarily made of wood - Architecture term

noun:

• monkey booze; sake-like liquid produced by the fermentation of fruits left by monkeys in tree caches or hollows in rocks

noun:

• Shunkei lacquerware; lacquerware created using transparent lacquer on yellow- or red-stained wood, allowing the natural wood grain to be seen

noun:

• string tied to the chest of one's kimono or haori
• childhood (period where one would wear such a string) - archaism

noun:

• courteous language (i.e. humble language in which an action or object is not directed toward the listener or a third party) ➜ 謙譲語ＩＩ

noun:

• Disposition of Ryukyu; forced assimilation of Okinawa into Japan, ending its tributary relations with China and abolishing the Ryukyu Kingdom (1872-1879)

noun:

• gratuitous scene inserted in a narrative (in anime, etc.); scene designed purely to excite or titillate the viewer - From English "service cut"

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to pass (the night); to spend ➜ 語り明かす
• to reveal; to divulge; to disclose; to expose
• to prove; to verify ➜ 証す【あかす】

noun / ~の noun:

• major company; big company
• front castle gate
• force attacking the front of a castle

noun:

• The Golden Rule ("do unto others as you would have them do unto you") ➜ 金科玉条

noun:

• tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)
• blister beetle; oil beetle - colloquialism ➜ 土斑猫

noun:

• treasure ship
• picture of a treasure ship bearing the Seven Gods of Good Fortune

noun:

• group of mountain nomads (in Japan); group of mountain people; the Sanka

noun:

• this duty; this task; this job

pronoun:

• I (as the person in charge of this task)

noun / ~の noun:

• one's face turning pale (ashen); the color being drained from one's face - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• (a woman of) unparalleled beauty; (a woman's beauty being) matchless throughout the land - four character idiom

noun:

• the happiness (good fortune) of being an actor; feeling blessed for being an actor - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• base isolation; seismic base isolation; base isolating; vibration damping at the base of a building

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to steer a ship
• to manage; to take command; to take the helm

expression / godan ~ぐ verb:

• to add fuel to the fire; to make things worse; to stir things up - idiom

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to bail out the ocean with a teaspoon; to scoop water with a basket [literal] - idiom