adverb:

• briefly; in general; roughly; from beginning to end; through (e.g. glancing, flipping) ➜ 一通り【ひととおり】

noun:

• successive generations
• hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara) - abbreviation ➜ 譜代大名

noun / ~する noun:

• stretching pieces of a kimono on boards to dry after they have been washed and starched

noun:

• netsuke; miniature buttonlike carving used to hang personal items from a (man's) kimono sash

noun:

• udo (plant related to ginseng, used in medicine and cooking) (Aralia cordata)

noun:

• sata andagi; Okinawan sweet deep-fried bun similar to a doughnut - Ryūkyū dialect - Food term

expression:

• the importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning; Mencius' mother, three moves [literal] - four character idiom ➜ 孟母三遷の教え【もうぼさんせんのおしえ】

expression:

• Out of Asia and Into Europe (slogan calling for Japan to align itself with the West) - four character idiom

noun:

• shawm-like instrument played by street vendors (sometimes referred to as a flute) - From Portuguese "charamela" ➜ 哨吶【さない】

noun / ~の noun:

• consuming food and drink in restaurant (as opposed to taking it home) - From English "eat in"

noun:

• var. of knot often used to tie mizu-hiki ➜ 鮑結び
• woman's hairstyle, braided in this fashion

expression:

• having thought for neither gain nor greed; only wanting to do something (thinking about nothing else)

expression / adjective:

• completely helpless; unable even to drive away the flies on one's own head - idiom

noun:

• fish, chicken, shellfish, etc. blanched by exposure to boiling and then icy water ➜ 霜降り

expression:

• phrase used (usu. with accompanying crossed fingers gesture) to ward off catching 'dirtiness' from another child - children's language ➜ えんがちょ

noun:

• small knife that is largely ornamental or used to cut open letters and the like ➜ 小刀

noun:

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

noun:

• Buddhist pilgrim (carrying 66 copies of the Lotus Sutra to be left at sites across Japan)

noun:

• distinctive character used in the names of all people belonging to a single clan or lineage

auxiliary:

• word used at sentence-end (like a particle) to indicate speculation, volition or invitation - archaism - Kantō, Tōhoku dialect
• should; must ➜ 可き

noun:

• petty official responsible for collecting public gossip and presenting it to the king (in ancient China) ➜ 稗史

noun:

• rotating stage machinery, which rolls backwards 90 degrees to reveal the next scene

noun:

• BRIC, BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India, China), referring especially to the fast-growing economies of these countries

noun:

• stripe-tailed Goanna (Varanus gilleni, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to northwestern and central Australia)

noun:

• dusky batfish (Platax pinnatus, species of Western Pacific spadefish found from the Ryukyu Islands to Australia)