noun:

• creole (pidgin which has become a mother tongue) - From French
• Creole (person of mixed ancestry, esp.in the Caribbean)

noun:

• small purification wand - archaism
• thinly cut hemp or paper mixed with rice (scattered as an offering to the gods) ➜ 切麻

noun:

• intensive deliberation
• televised parliamentary debate for an important issue (esp. the budget)

noun:

• 1000 ryou (an old Japanese coin)
• Sarcandra glabra (species of flowering shrub in the family Chloranthaceae) - usu. センリョウ

noun:

• Japanese white pine (Pinus parviflora)
• small pine (esp. one pulled from the ground during "ne-no-hi-no-asobi") ➜ 子の日の松

noun:

• blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology)
• Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens) ➜ 四神

noun:

• good material; valuable data
• positive factor (for the stock market); good news - Finance term

godan ~う verb:

• to mishear; to fail to catch
• to miss (the chance to hear)

noun:

• mirror - archaism - obscure term
• Mafutsu no Kagami (alternate name for Yata no Kagami, the mirror of the Imperial regalia) ➜ 八咫鏡

noun:

• moon
• Tsukuyomi (god of the moon in Shinto and mythology)

noun:

• Di (ancient Chinese ethnic group)
• Chinese "root" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿・蒼竜【そうりょう】

noun / ~する noun:

• making one's debut; making one's first appearance - esp. 顔見せ
• (just) showing one's face; showing up - esp. 顔見せ ➜ 顔を見せる
• introductory kabuki performance (to introduce the actors) - esp. 顔見世
• December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform - esp. 顔見世 ➜ 顔見世狂言

noun:

• Department of Divinities (1868-1871) ［じんぎかん］ - obsolete term
• Department of Worship (under the ritsuryo system) - archaism ➜ 律令制

noun:

• well curb - obscure term ➜ 井桁
• Chinese "Well" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿・朱雀【すざく】

noun:

• number display
• caller ID (on telephones)

noun:

• light used as a religious offering ➜ 御灯・神灯
• paper lantern (hung up near the door of performers and geishas)

noun:

• polygon; -gon ➜ 多角形【たかくけい】
• Japanese rectangular envelope (opening on the short side) - esp. かくけい

noun / ~の noun:

• ideal
• ideal in a ring (i.e. subset of a ring closed under addition and multiplication by elements of the ambient ring) - Mathematics term

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to drag along
• to take (a suspect to the police); to drag (someone) away

~と adverb / adverb:

• rustling sound - onomatopoeia

noun:

• search (esp. a home search by the police) - obscure term - slang ➜ がさる

upper nidan verb (archaic) / intransitive verb:

• to fall down; to drop; to fall (e.g. rain); to sink (e.g. sun or moon); to fall onto (e.g. light or one's gaze) - archaism ➜ 落ちる
• to be omitted; to be missing - archaism ➜ 落ちる
• to crash; to degenerate; to degrade; to fall behind - archaism ➜ 落ちる
• to be removed (e.g. illness, possessing spirit, name on a list) - archaism ➜ 落ちる
• to fall (into someone's hands); to become someone's possession - archaism ➜ 落ちる
• to fall; to be defeated; to surrender - archaism ➜ 落ちる

noun:

• flying; leaping; flight; leap - abbreviation ➜ 飛ぶ
• naught; zero; oh - when reading a number aloud
• flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo) ➜ 飛魚
• running out of points (zero or fewer); game ending due to a player running out of points ［飛び］ - Mahjong term

noun:

• Grand Council of State (1868-1885 CE) ［だじょうかん・だいじょうかん］
• Department of State (under the ritsuryo system) - usu. だいじょうかん ➜ 律令制

noun:

• formal meeting (committee, etc.); session
• this (the aforementioned, our) association (society, organisation)

noun:

• net fishing
• fisherman's throw (resembling the casting of a fishing net) - Sumo term