noun:

• extension of the main room of a home (in traditional palatial-style architecture) - obscure term ➜ 寝殿造

noun:

• hairstyle for men and women from early Edo era to the Genroku era

noun:

• game in which one makes a big snowball by rolling it around in the snow

noun:

• water poisoning (in traditional Chinese medicine, illnesses caused by excessive water accumulation within the body)

noun:

• hakama for women (esp. hakama worn by female students and teachers in the Meiji period) - archaism

noun:

• multiple people holding the same item with their chopsticks
• passing something from chopstick to chopstick

noun:

• outer-rise earthquake; earthquake in the region seaward of a deep-sea trench

expression:

• come!; imperative form of the verb "kuru" ("to come"), expressing a command or strong request ➜ 来る【くる】

noun:

• Seven Bridge; Japanese card game where the '7' card is special

noun:

• taking the entrance examination for a school without regard for one's chances of passing

noun:

• marriage in which a man is adopted into the bride's family; uxorilocal marriage ➜ 婿入

noun:

• (belief in) spiritual power possessed by sisters to protect their brothers (in the Ryukyu Islands)

expression:

• capable or not, we are all in the same boat; bats are also birds [literal] - proverb

noun:

• purple vestment (traditionally awarded by the imperial household); high-ranking priest's purple robe

noun:

• moon palace of the Hindu god Chandra
• imperial palace
• Yoshiwara red light district - archaism

noun:

• gathering evidence (e.g. to back a news story); getting the facts; obtaining supporting evidence

noun:

• chained library; library where the books are attached to their bookcase with a chain

noun:

• Blue Sky, White Sun, and a Wholly Red Earth; flag of the Republic of China

noun:

• useable footage ratio; proportion of footage that can be used for the final cut

~の noun / noun:

• freemium; offering both free and premium content in the same product (esp. in online gaming)

noun:

• pachinko nail adjuster; pachinko parlor employee who adjusts the machines to regulate profit and loss - colloquialism

noun:

• eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son

adverb:

• not in the least; not at all; not a bit - before a negative

noun:

• unhulled rice; rice in the husk; paddy
• rice husks; chaff - abbreviation ➜ 籾殻

noun:

• animate nature; living things
• living person; the living - usu. せいじゃ or せいしゃ