noun:

• humble samurai who served as a body guard on foot

noun:

• five and seven
• 35th day after a person's death - abbreviation ➜ 五七日

noun:

• people belonging to a hereditary occupation group (Yamato period) ➜ 部【べ】

noun:

• Edo period silver coin shaped like a sea cucumber

noun:

• person who tends to trees (e.g. in a garden) - archaism

noun:

• continuously burning light (e.g. at a Buddhist altar)

adjectival noun:

• looking like one is in a good mood

noun:

• caretaker (at a zoo or aquarium); keeper; attendant; breeding staff

noun:

• Yama's pole (with a human head on the top) - Buddhism term ➜ 閻魔

noun:

• promotional model (e.g. at a trade show); booth babe - abbreviation ➜ イベントコンパニオン

noun:

• bindi; Indian forehead decoration (often a red dot) - From Hindi

noun:

• Okinawa soba (thick noodles served in a pork soup)

noun / ~する noun:

• plan; device; scheme; program
• thoughts or suggestions about a law

noun / ~する noun:

• chasing down and capturing (a criminal, etc.) - archaism

noun:

• rhinoceros hide
• Chinese lacquerware technique resulting in a mottled finish - abbreviation ➜ 犀皮塗り【さいひぬり】

noun / ~する noun:

• restarting; resuming operations (e.g. at a power plant)

noun:

• shade under a tree in full leaf
• summer

expression:

• if a cat washes its ears, rain is coming - traditional belief - obscure term - proverb

noun:

• running a start-up company after work or on weekends

noun:

• first stools passed by a newborn baby; meconium ➜ 胎便

noun:

• manzai based on comic dialogue (as opposed to a skit) ➜ 漫才

noun:

• place (to run a business, e.g. street stall)

noun:

• something that will last a lifetime (esp. high quality product) ➜ 一生もの【いっしょうもの】

noun:

• family or brothel with a beautiful woman
• vermillion-lacquered mansion - orig. meaning

noun:

• doing or saying something a little stupid