noun:

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

noun:

• redemption (e.g. of a loan) ➜ 受け戻す【うけもどす】

noun:

• ceremony held at the end of a school term

noun / ~する noun:

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

noun:

• mass or ceremony for the repose of a soul

noun:

• head family; main branch of a school or religion

noun:

• short pillar standing between a beam and roof ridge

noun / ~の noun:

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

noun:

• study or science of literature; a liberal arts department

noun:

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

noun:

• (the crime of) aiding and abetting a suicide

noun:

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

noun:

• feudal lord; head of a household; proudly independent person

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:

• straw lid covering either end of a rice container

noun:

• reverse side of a paper
• reading between the lines - abbreviation ➜ 眼光紙背【がんこうしはい】

noun:

• a paddy moist all year due to improper irrigation

expression:

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

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:

• first obon following the death of a family member