noun:

• method of patterning fabric by pounding on leaves (or flowers, etc.) placed on it, or by rubbing in dye made from these materials - obscure term
• coloring fabric by placing a paper stencil over it and brushing on the dye; fabric colored in such a manner ➜ 摺り込み染め

expression / noun:

• lost twenty years [literal]
• period of economic stagnation in Japan that began ca. 1991 and not over in the 2010s

~の noun / noun:

• off tempo; out of tune - archaism

noun / ~の noun:

• being off the mark; wrong guess; miscalculation - archaism

noun / ~の noun:

• being newly swept

noun:

• gathering silkworms from the egg paper

noun / ~の noun:

• being one or more laps behind (in a race)
• being behind the times

noun:

• all worldly phenomena; meritorious acts leading to enlightenment - Buddhism term
• (Jodo school) all practices other than recitation of the nembutsu prayer

noun:

• human (in Ainu); one's fellow man; kin; comrade - From Ainu
• self-referential term used by the Ainu about their people ➜ アイヌ

noun:

• rear gate (esp. of castle); back entrance ➜ 大手【おおて】
• one who arrests
• force attacking the rear of a castle ➜ 大手【おおて】
• (opponent's) weak point

expression:

• what did you do?
• is anything the matter?; what seems to be the problem?; can I help you?

noun:

• young of sardines; whitebait
• fry of the Japanese anchovy, eel, etc. ➜ 片口鰯・真鰯・鰻

noun:

• Heian period (794-1185) ➜ 平安時代【へいあんじだい】
• imperial court in the Heian period

ichidan verb:

• to drift; to blow together ➜ 吹き集める
• to have the wind start to blow; to have the wind spring up

noun / ~する noun:

• tiger's howling
• "being out and active in the world (of a hero, etc.)" [figurative]

noun:

• killing a would-be avenger
• having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game

noun:

• wind and waves
• waves stirred by the wind ➜ 風波

noun:

• young person acting like an old person
• officials who helped the council of elders during the Edo period ➜ 老中

expression / noun:

• heavenly voice ➜ 天声
• off the record instructions; influential person's opinion; powerful person's verdict - idiom

noun:

• mess; sorry state; plight; sad sight - derogatory term

suffix:

• -ways; -wards - indicates direction
• in the act of ...; just as one is ... - after the -masu stem of a verb
• manner of ...; way of ... - after the -masu stem of a verb ➜ 様【さま】

noun:

• gait; manner of walking; footwork (e.g. in sport)
• characteristic way of moving, keeping the center of gravity low (centre) - Sumo term

noun:

• candlelight service (e.g. in a church)
• ceremony during a wedding reception where the bride and the groom go from table to table lighting a candle at each

noun / ~する noun:

• rising and going to bed; daily life

adverb:

• all the time; constantly; whether awake or asleep

noun:

• football (soccer) - humorous term - slang
• kick to the groin; kneeing in the testicles - vulgar - slang

noun:

• hut; shanty; hovel; shack ➜ 小屋
• house built directly into the ground with no supporting stones

noun:

• suggestion box; comment box
• complaints box placed in front of the supreme court (Edo period) - archaism

noun:

• niche or alcove for an image
• (in Okinawa) portable shrine used to move a deceased from their house to the graveyard