noun:

• water-filled bamboo tube in Japanese garden which clacks against a stone when emptied

adjectival noun:

• significant; suggestive; insinuating; meaningful

noun:

• words or behaviour that hints at a deeper meaning

noun:

• a service station for cars that run on alternative fuels

noun:

• seeds
• producer-driven solutions; ideas, products, services, etc. proposed by a company to consumers

noun:

• beshimi; noh mask with a slanted mouth, bulging eyes and large nostrils

noun:

• (waiting) impatiently; (spending) many a weary day; each moment seeming like an eternity - four character idiom

noun:

• double-dealer; timeserver; moving back and forth between two sides in a conflict - four character idiom

noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• giving off a foul odor; the air being heavy with an offensive smell - four character idiom

noun:

• a good chance coming along; the time has come (for, to, when...); opportunity knocking - four character idiom

noun:

• summer greeting cards containing a lottery ticket, sold every year starting in June - sometimes かもめ～る

noun:

• wooden plane with a convex base curved in the cutting direction

expression:

• cannot live even a minute without someone or something; meaning the world to one

expression:

• giving something a try because one has nothing to lose ➜ 駄目元

noun:

• extremely high-grade Japanese meal served all at once (on a table with legs)

noun:

• secondary substantive (inflectable word or phrase that acts as an uninflectable within a sentence) - Linguistics term

noun:

• wooden box carried on one's back to store items for a pilgrimage

noun:

• hu (ancient Chinese vessel shaped like a vase, usually used to store alcohol)

noun:

• indirect kiss (e.g. drinking from a cup someone has just used)

noun:

• creeper (plant that grows along the ground, etc. similar to a vine)

counter:

• counter for years (following a number in the hito-futa-mi counting system) - archaism

suffix:

• route; road
• distance travelled in a day
• one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s) ➜ 七十路

noun:

• eight-legged table (used as a stand for religious offerings, etc.) - archaism

adverb:

• absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another ➜ 片っ端から

expression:

• there is no comparison between the two; it's not a same-day discussion [literal] - proverb

noun:

• archer's glove (with a groove for pulling the string)