noun:

• publication in kana alone

noun:

• pieces of crab prepared for use in shabu-shabu (usu. claw meat) - Food term ➜ しゃぶしゃぶ

noun:

• a large number of ships sailing in a long chain-like formation - four character idiom

noun:

• language used in red-light districts during the Edo period ➜ 郭言葉

unclassified:

• voiced repetition mark in katakana

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to be blown in (e.g. rain); to sweep in

noun:

• the way of the world in our time; the frame of mind of the people nowadays - four character idiom

noun:

• girl-in-training (e.g. a geisha-in-training or a girl who performs miscellaneous tasks in a brothel) - archaism
• brat; scamp; rascal; jackanapes - archaism - derogatory term ➜ 小童【こわっぱ】
• disciple; apprentice - original meaning - archaism

noun:

• facing a wall for nine years in meditation (by Bodhidharma at Shaolin Temple) - four character idiom - Buddhism term

noun:

• aural highlight of a noh play in which the main actor dances ➜ 曲【くせ】・仕手

noun:

• geisha from the Fukagawa red light district in Edo (Edo period) - colloquialism ➜ 辰巳芸者

noun / ~する noun:

• in prison; in the military

~と adverb:

• in succession; in an endless stream; continuing without pause or interruption - onomatopoeia

noun:

• first year in high school; first-year high school student ➜ 高校

noun / ~する noun:

• in other words

noun / ~する noun:

• staying in Tokyo (the capital)

noun:

• one's friend in poetry

noun:

• work hakama for use in the snow ➜ 山袴

noun:

• mirror-shaped mochi, usu. a pair stacked in order of size with a daidai on top, used as a New Year offering, then cut and eaten on January 11.

noun:

• wrestler's belt used in a bout - Sumo term

noun:

• parents-in-law

expression:

• one should not interfere in lover's quarrels - proverb

adverb / ~と adverb:

• pouring out in large amounts; flowing out gushingly - onomatopoeia

noun:

• reduction in working hours; shorter working hours

noun:

• talking in delirium; incoherent muttering ➜ たわごと