noun:

• scion; cion; (horticultural) graft
• opportunity to continue a conversation

noun:

• hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara) - four character idiom

noun:

• New Year's greetings or well-wishes offered by retainers to the Emperor

noun / ~する noun:

• drawing seawater to make salt; person who draws water from the sea

noun / ~する noun:

• meddling; interfering

noun:

• choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one - Mahjong term ➜ ツモ切り【ツモぎり】

noun / ~する noun:

• (system of) extending complicity for a crime to the criminal's family members

noun:

• sitting while waiting; (according to the lunar calendar) an eighteen-day-old moon

noun:

• stool (stood on to reach high objects)
• stock (in grafting)

noun / ~する noun:

• airing of clothes, hanging scrolls, etc. (to prevent damage from insects and mould) ➜ 土用干し

noun:

• heated stone (wrapped in cloth and kept next to the body for warmth)

noun:

• male lay devotee - Buddhism term
• title affixed to man's posthumous Buddhist name
• believer ［しんし］ - archaism

noun:

• taking one's children along (to an event, into a new marriage, etc.)

pre-noun adjectival:

• lingering (usu. feeling, emotion, etc.); continuing (to); still (...)

expression / adjective:

• hard to figure out; elusive; slippery; vague; subtle

noun:

• double circle; 'good work' (equiv. of silver star awarded to children at school)

noun:

• willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations

noun:

• ghost bound to a specific physical location (usu. where death occurred) ➜ 浮遊霊

noun:

• very successful amateur wrestler, allowed to start professional career in makushita division - Sumo term ➜ 付出し

noun:

• melody or flushing sound played by a Japanese toilet to mask excretion sounds

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• uninteresting; tending to spoil the fun (pleasure) (of); throwing a wet blanket (on) - four character idiom

noun:

• being absorbed in self-indulgent pleasures; giving oneself up to debauchery and dissipation - four character idiom

noun:

• being absorbed in self-indulgent pleasures; giving oneself up to debauchery and dissipation - four character idiom

noun:

• get-well card (gift, letter) - four character idiom
• visit to (inquiry after) a sick person

noun:

• the six virtues (perfections) a Buddha elect practices to attain supreme enlightenment - four character idiom

expression:

• Be careful not to invite the least suspicion; Leave no room for scandal - four character idiom