noun:

• Sasamorpha borealis (species of bamboo grass unique to Japan) - archaism ➜ 篠竹【すずたけ】
• shoots of this plant

prefix:

• august (in ref. to the emperor or the gods); imperial; divine - honorific language

expression:

• yours sincerely (used to sign off on letters); respectfully yours - female language

noun:

• paper (in rock, paper, scissors game) ➜ パー・じゃん拳

noun / adjectival noun:

• disappearing completely; coming to nought; becoming worthless
• foolishness; stupidity

noun:

• samurai and commoners
• normal people (as opposed to people of a high social standing)

expression:

• poverty is a stranger to industry; diligence is the mother of good fortune - proverb

expression:

• scuttling (to escape in a panic, in shame, etc.); scurrying; scrambling

noun:

• low entrance (usually, but not always, to a teahouse) with a tiled archway overhead

noun:

• chocolate given by a boy to a girl on Valentine's day - obscure term

noun / ~する noun:

• forced relocation of a daimyo to a different domain by the Edo shogunate

noun:

• Mitchell's water monitor (Varanus mitchelli, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to Australia)

noun:

• abbreviated koyomi (Japanese traditional calendar); koyomi presented in a smaller, easy to use, format ➜ 暦【こよみ】

noun:

• abbreviated koyomi (Japanese traditional calendar); koyomi presented in a smaller, easy to use, format - abbreviation ➜ 略本暦

noun:

• form of astrology based on the Xiuyaojing (brought to Japan in the Heian period) ➜ 宿曜

noun:

• finishing board nailed where the floor boards meet the wall; (similar to) skirting, baseboards

expression:

• cream rises to the top; a drill in a bag (will always poke through) [literal] - proverb

noun:

• blue waves; blue wave ➜ 蒼波
• hair that has lost its shine due to ageing

noun:

• waiting in front of a temple to be accepted for training (in Zen Buddhism) - Buddhism term

noun:

• abandoned people (people left to fend for themselves after a war or natural disaster)

noun:

• second athlete to compete in a 5-on-5 team competition (kendo, judo, etc.) ➜ 先鋒【せんぽう】

expression:

• a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course

noun:

• sell-through video; video for sale (as opposed to rental) - From English "sell video"

noun / ~の noun:

• acting cool; pretending to be a better person that one is; pretentious (person) - colloquialism - Kansai dialect

noun:

• instant noodles (sold in a soft plastic packaging, as opposed to cup noodles) ➜ カップ麺

auxiliary verb:

• indicates respect for the one performing an action and politeness to the listener - after a monosyllable imperfective form verb - archaism - female language - polite language