noun:

• (referring to a person) receiver; receiving side; viewer; listener

noun / ~する noun:

• (child) no longer requiring constant monitoring; completing a job

noun:

• short pillar standing between a beam and roof ridge

noun:

• height from the ground to a building's eaves

noun / ~の noun:

• separation (e.g. by a screen, curtain, or door) - often 物越しに ➜ 越し【ごし】

noun:

• paper doll modeled after a kimono-clad woman (modelled)

noun:

• a wise idea; polite reference to another's consideration

noun:

• barely miss (meeting someone, catching a train, etc.)

noun:

• burn mark; grilled surface (e.g. on a steak)

noun:

• (punishment by being placed in a) water-filled chamber

noun:

• janitor; caretaker; custodian; (slighting reference to a) handyman - obsolete term ➜ 用務員

noun:

• (being) slightly covetous; a little covetousness ➜ 大欲

noun:

• box maker
• man who carries a geisha's shamisen

noun:

• a paddy moist all year due to improper irrigation

expression:

• anyone can make a mistake; even Homer sometimes nods - proverb

noun:

• wearing a hat pushed back on one's head

expression:

• in a quarrel, both parties are to blame

noun:

• portable dais used to create a removable tokonoma ➜ 床の間

noun / ~する noun:

• killing by running over with a car or train

noun:

• rush mat with a floral or bulrush pattern

noun:

• selling on a (monthly) installment plan (instalment); hire purchase

noun:

• warming one's crotch by standing over a hibachi

noun / ~する noun:

• playing with one's fingers (a guitar, etc.)

noun:

• tout
• arbitrator (esp. in a play)

noun:

• shoji with glass window behind a sliding bottom half