noun:

• soot-colored bamboo (coloured)
• bamboo duster (with the leaves still attached at one end) ➜ すす払い

noun:

• Pseudocarcharias (sole genus of the family Pseudocarchariidae containing one species of crocodile shark)

noun:

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

noun:

• place where one can view a vast number of cherry blossom trees at a glance - esp. 吉野山 in Nara

noun:

• shop where one can buy and sell gift certificates, coupons, travel and concert tickets, etc. ➜ 金券ショップ【きんけんショップ】

noun:

• single-night performance (theatre, comedy, etc.); one-night stand

noun:

• patient's chart; clinical records - From German "Karte"
• record (e.g. student, equipment maintenance, etc.)

noun / ~の noun:

• pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person; teacher's student-helper

noun:

• beach; water's edge
• coastline; national border; before entering the country

noun:

• story; topic (on everyone's lips); (the stuff of) legend

noun:

• civilization and enlightenment; Japan's Westernization movement during the Meiji era (Westernisation) - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• symbol; emblem; image
• expressing; representation; making clear (e.g. someone's virtues)

noun:

• winning by opponent's resignation (in the game of go)

noun / ~する noun:

• lover's whispers; sweet nothings; whispered intimacies

noun:

• babbling (of a baby); babble

noun:

• final cut severing a wrestler's top-knot in his retirement ceremony - Sumo term

noun:

• slapping hands in front of the opponent's face to confuse him - Sumo term

interjection:

• impossible; futile - From Chinese "bugouben"

noun:

• type of children's game
• Chinese person; Chink - derogatory term - obsolete term

expression:

• of all people (expression showing surprise at a high standing person's misbehavior)

noun:

• determination of a child's sex before birth (e.g. by ultrasound)

noun / ~の noun:

• ignoring; bypassing; doing something without consultation; going over someone's head

noun:

• gold braid (e.g. on a military officer's uniform)

noun:

• sending food to someone's house on the night of a wake

expression / adverb:

• without a moment's delay; leaving everything else unattended to

noun:

• body drop throw (sweeping the opponent's legs and throwing them forward) - Sumo term

expression:

• It's not much, but...; phrase used when giving gifts - polite language