noun / ~する noun:

• beheading (as the ending to a seppuku)
• assistance; help

noun:

• the rotting of lumber stored with poor air circulation

noun:

• see-not monkey (one of the three wise monkeys) ➜ 三猿

noun:

• (paper) cord for tying the hair

noun:

• say-not monkey (one of the three wise monkeys) ➜ 三猿

noun:

• the five passions (anger, joy, hatred, desire and grief)

noun:

• the five viscera (liver, lungs, heart, kidney and spleen)

noun:

• black sake (presented as an offering to the gods) - archaism ➜ 白酒【しろき】

noun:

• the place where one is sent on an errand

noun / ~する noun:

• forgetting the words; inability to pronounce a word correctly

expression / adverb:

• as a matter of fact; to tell the truth

expression / adverb:

• as a matter of fact; to tell the truth

noun / ~する noun:

• talk (of the town); rumour; rumor; gossip

expression:

• depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit

noun / ~する noun:

• attestation; attest; vow or oath (made to the gods)

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• giving careful thought to the future; finishing up carefully

noun:

• maid working for both the living quarter and kitchen

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to hang up the receiver (of a telephone)

noun / ~の noun:

• bifurcation
• parting of the ways
• two-timing - colloquialism

adjective:

• smelling of milk; green; wet behind the ears; immature

noun:

• shellfish removed from the shell

noun:

• night-watch bell; bells tolling out the old year

noun:

• hear-not monkey (one of the three wise monkeys) ➜ 三猿

noun:

• fruit near end of the vine; weak-looking fellow

noun:

• sunrise viewed from the top of a high mountain ➜ 御来光