noun:

• allotted rice field (ritsuryo system); land distributed to all citizens from which yields were taxed by the government - archaism

noun:

• life force, blood, and colourless bodily fluids (three elements that constitute an organism according to traditional Chinese medicine)

noun:

• word to soften awkward topics (esp. refusal in business conversation, e.g. "I am afraid that ...") - e.g. 申し訳ありませんが、あいにく ➜ クッションワード

adverb:

• straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly; at once

noun:

• apartment too small to be legally rented out, and hence let as office or storage space

adverb:

• sound of a small wave hitting the shore; sound of a whip; sound of a slap - onomatopoeia

expression:

• It's a piece of cake; It's a simple task; It's a cinch ➜ 御茶の子【おちゃのこ】

noun:

• noh mask of a grinning, horned demoness (represents a woman's rage and jealousy) ［はんにゃめん］
• dreadful face (esp. of a woman driven mad by jealousy); terrifying facial expression

noun:

• feeling of a full stomach after a meal; satisfaction of having a full stomach

noun:

• flesh
• meat
• the physical body (as opposed to the spirit) ［にく］
• thickness ［にく］
• ink pad ［にく］ ➜ 印肉

adverb:

• first (of all); to start with; about; almost; anyway; well; now
• hardly (with neg. verb)

noun / ~する noun:

• dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving

noun:

• administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Hokkai-do, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu and remaining prefectures

noun:

• diminished capacity; diminished responsibility; legally unaccountable (e.g. due to mental illness, drugs, alcohol, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• sowing beans (or pulses, etc.)
• scattering parched beans (to drive out evil spirits) ➜ 節分

noun / ~する noun:

• seeing (or dropping) off, then later picking up or going to meet (the same person)

noun:

• judicial scrivener; judicial clerk; person qualified to prepare legal documents, handle real-estate transactions, etc.

noun:

• pet name; nickname; name used to indicate affection, intimacy, informality, etc. ➜ 愛称【あいしょう】

noun / ~する noun:

• going from door to door greeting relatives and friends
• complimentary visit for the New Year

noun:

• paper and sacred sakaki branches cut and mixed with rice to scatter before the gods

noun:

• bumpy tiles set in public areas to mark the path for the blind

adjectival noun / noun:

• contrary to one's wishes; gone awry; gone amiss
• short of money; in financial difficulty

noun / ~する noun:

• broken into small fragments; smashed to atoms; fragments and splinters; smithereens

noun:

• chance of going out; opportunity (to succeed)
• musical accompaniment for an actor going on stage

noun:

• iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character); ditto mark