noun:

• se (Japanese unit of area equal to 30 tsubo, ~99.174 m.sq.) - obsolete term ➜ 畝【ほ】

noun:

• night-soil vault; clay pot used to collect feces in an outhouse ➜ 汲み取り便所・壷【つぼ】・便槽

noun:

• another's affair; matter of no concern; nothing to do with one

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to accept an object and hold it reverently over one's head

noun:

• hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara) - four character idiom

noun:

• New Year's greetings or well-wishes offered by retainers to the Emperor

noun / ~する noun:

• drawing seawater to make salt; person who draws water from the sea

noun:

• sitting while waiting; (according to the lunar calendar) an eighteen-day-old moon

noun:

• stool (stood on to reach high objects)
• stock (in grafting)

noun / ~する noun:

• airing of clothes, hanging scrolls, etc. (to prevent damage from insects and mould) ➜ 土用干し

noun:

• heated stone (wrapped in cloth and kept next to the body for warmth)

noun:

• male lay devotee - Buddhism term
• title affixed to man's posthumous Buddhist name
• believer ［しんし］ - archaism

pre-noun adjectival:

• lingering (usu. feeling, emotion, etc.); continuing (to); still (...)

expression / adjective:

• hard to figure out; elusive; slippery; vague; subtle

noun:

• double circle; 'good work' (equiv. of silver star awarded to children at school)

noun:

• willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations

noun:

• very successful amateur wrestler, allowed to start professional career in makushita division - Sumo term ➜ 付出し

noun:

• being absorbed in self-indulgent pleasures; giving oneself up to debauchery and dissipation - four character idiom

noun:

• being absorbed in self-indulgent pleasures; giving oneself up to debauchery and dissipation - four character idiom

expression:

• Be careful not to invite the least suspicion; Leave no room for scandal - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• self-willed; (doing or saying things) to suit one's own convenience - four character idiom

noun:

• (with) unkempt hair and dirty face; being indifferent to one's personal appearance - four character idiom

expression:

• Be careful not to invite the least suspicion; Leave no room for scandal - four character idiom

expression / adjective:

• easy to get on with; not needing reserve or formality; personable; affable; approachable ➜ 気の置けない

noun:

• dogcatcher; person who used to catch dogs and execute them for rabies prevention - slang