noun:

• sappanwood (Caesalpinia sappan)
• sappanwood dye (red in colour) (color)
• layered colour (light brown on the front, dark red beneath)

noun:

• sword hilt shaped similar to the handle of a vajra - archaism ➜ 金剛杵
• plain, wooden sword hilt (as opposed to those wrapped in sharkskin)

noun:

• phosphorescent lights seen at sea at night; lights that can be seen on the altar of gods, intended as an offering

expression:

• first "horse day" in any lunar month, but esp. the second lunar month; traditional day for worship at "fox deity" shrines

noun:

• sitting posture with the legs bent back on each side; Japanese traditional informal female sitting posture; w-sitting; reverse tailor style sitting

noun:

• northern ridge-tailed monitor (Varanus primordius, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to the Northern Territory of Australia); blunt-spined goanna

noun / ~する noun:

• bursting through the surface; suddenly surfacing; rapid ascent
• sudden increase (e.g. in public interest)
• fast rise (e.g. in rank)

noun:

• nuclear power village; tight-knit community of legislators, regulators and manufacturers involved in the promotion of nuclear power - derogatory term

noun:

• 15th day of the 1st, 7th and 10th lunar months ➜ 上元・中元・下元
• heaven, earth and man
• 1st January; New Year's Day

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• ternary - Chemistry term

noun / ~する noun:

• opening a new shop
• opening a shop (for the day)

noun:

• righteousness; path of righteousness; path of duty; the right track

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to rest against the wall; to lean against a wall

expression / adverb:

• by day and night; day and night; round the clock

noun:

• liatris (esp. the dense blazing star, Liatris spicata); blazing star - From Latin

adverb:

• going home from work; on the way home from work

noun:

• area between the regular outfield wall and a lower home-run fence set up at a shorter distance from home plate - Baseball term - From English "lucky zone"

noun:

• starting; engaging
• expenses; costs - esp. 掛かり, 掛り
• attack (esp. a corner approach in the game of go) - esp. 掛かり, 掛り; often as カカリ ➜ カカリ
• barb
• charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk ［掛かり・掛り］ - esp. for government offices, railways, etc. ➜ 係【かかり】

noun:

• embossing a pattern; repoussé; hammering
• drum signaling the end of a performance ➜ 打ち出し太鼓
• serve (e.g. in tennis); drive (in golf)
• printout; printing out ➜ 打ち出す【うちだす】

noun:

• ash glaze (type of fundamental glaze used in ancient times made from the ashes of raw materials such as unhulled rice, straw, oak and pine)

noun:

• women working in military brothels (esp. those forced into prostitution as a form of sexual slavery by the Japanese military during WWII); (campaign) comfort women [literal] - euphemism

expression:

• if two ride upon a horse, one must sit behind; when Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of war; two great rivals cannot coexist - proverb

noun:

• new straw; straw from the current year
• rice seedlings boiled and dried and then tied into a woman's hair to chase evil spirits away

noun:

• sandy beach; sandbar that projects into the ocean, particularly in a wavy form
• designs and objects with a wavy pattern
• sweet mochi cake ➜ 素甘【すあま】

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to suffer a disappointment; to feel let down
• to have one's attack (question, etc.) sidestepped; to be given the slip

expression:

• better than a poke in the eye; better than none at all; better than nothing - idiom