noun:

• dragon-like cryptid fish with many whiskers and no bones (likely a sturgeon) ➜ 蝶鮫

noun:

• solitary confinement in a dark cell without bedding (for up to one week)

expression:

• hopelessly inaccurate; not even remotely close; can't hit the side of a barn - colloquialism

noun:

• attendant; best man (at a wedding); groomsman; maid of honor; bridesmaid

noun:

• thin green spring onion shoots (esp. minced as a condiment) - Food term

noun:

• groups of hiragana characters which are arranged to look like a face

expression / noun:

• formal complaint (regarding conduct of a criminal case); appeal for reconsideration; protest - Law term

noun:

• festival celebrating the (temporary) transfer of a shintai away from its main shrine - Shintō term ➜ 神体

noun:

• short, padded coat that covers someone and a baby on their back - abbreviation ➜ ねんねこ半纏

noun / ~する noun:

• sleeping; sleep - orig. meaning - children's language

noun:

• blind official who specialized as a musician, masseur or acupuncturist (abolished in 1871) - archaism

noun:

• land given to someone who has rendered a distinguished service (ritsuryo system)

noun:

• flowers and water offered to Buddha - Buddhism term
• irrigation of a rice field during flowering

noun:

• ruffian; scamp; hooligan
• out-of-work person; day laborer without a job ➜ 溢れ【あぶれ】

noun:

• urban mine; discarded items which can be used as a source of resources

interjection:

• hey; cheers; used by young people when drinking or as a greeting

noun:

• providing bank services on a Sunday (esp. ATM access) - From English "Sunday banking"

noun:

• interference with a public servant in the execution of his or her duties - abbreviation ➜ 公務執行妨害罪

noun:

• lighted lamp (or candle, etc.) provided as a religious offering; votive light ➜ 御明かし【みあかし】

noun:

• long sleeper; person who needs a lot of sleep

noun:

• sastrugi; parallel wave-like ridges formed on a snow surface by the wind

expression:

• nature itself is a good mother; even without parents, children grow up [literal] - proverb

noun:

• interpenetration of spirit between the poet and nature in a haiku

noun:

• nutmeg (soccer); hitting a ball through the legs (e.g. in tennis) - slang - Sports term

~の noun:

• poor excuse (of a); nearly non-existent; barely sufficient; token (effort, etc.); symbolic - oft. a humble ref. to a gift

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to mince; to cut fine; to chop up; to hash; to shred
• to carve; to engrave; to chisel; to notch
• to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to record the passing moments
• to etch (into one's mind); to remember distinctly - as 心に刻む, etc. ➜ 心に刻む
• to have tattooed - archaism
• to torment - archaism