noun:

• feudal lord who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)

expression / noun:

• having one's own premises ➜ 部屋持ちの親方【へやもちのおやかた】
• Edo-period prostitute successful enough to have her own room in an establishment - abbr. of 部屋持ち女郎

expression:

• you can do anything if you set your mind to; even an ant's thoughts reach the heavens [literal] - proverb

particle:

• too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence)
• both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence) - as ＡもＢも
• even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than - used for emphasis or to express absence of doubt regarding a quantity, etc.
• even if; even though; although; in spite of - often as 〜ても, 〜でも, 〜とも, etc.

adverb:

• further; more; again; another; the other - colloquialism - abbreviation ➜ もう

noun:

• bicolored foxface (Siganus uspi, species of rabbitfish endemic to Fiji sometimes found in New Caledonia)

noun:

• sitting position similar to seiza (but with both legs splayed out slightly and one's backside resting directly on the ground) ➜ 正座【せいざ】

expression:

• isn't it great?

noun:

• carnival-like religious celebrations (e.g. dancing festivals) that occurred across Japan from June 1867 to May 1868

noun:

• komi; extra points given to the white player as compensation for playing second (in go)

godan ~む verb:

• to drop into, drop-by-drop

noun:

• from island to island; island-hopping

noun:

• refugee; displaced person
• person inconvenienced by (lack of something); person unable to satisfactorily (marry, shop, etc.) - in compound nouns; ～難民 - colloquialism - idiom ➜ 買い物難民【かいものなんみん】

noun:

• race to be the pitcher with the most wins in the season - Baseball term - From English "hurler derby"

noun:

• quince monitor (Varanus melinus, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to Indonesia); yellow-head monitor ➜ イエローヘッドモニター

noun:

• Timor monitor (Varanus timorensis, species of small carnivorous monitor lizard native to Indonesia); spotted tree monitor

noun:

• sweeping the soot from one's house (to welcome the kami of the New Year) ➜ 神【かみ】・すす払い

noun:

• cloudy weather near Hokkaido during the herrings season (from the third to the sixth lunar month)

noun:

• oxygen absorber; oxygen scavenger; small packet placed in packaged food to absorb oxygen and prevent oxidation

noun:

• guest room (at a hotel); guest cabin (on a boat); passenger cabin (on a plane)
• drawing room

noun:

• origin of a character
• composition of a Chinese character
• Chinese character from which a kana character is derived

adverb / ~の noun:

• more or less; somewhat; a little; a few; some

noun:

• amount; quantity

noun / ~する noun:

• boarding (a train, bus, etc.); getting into (e.g. a taxi)

counter:

• indicates position in a sequence ➜ 目【め】

noun:

• divisions of a kabuki performance

noun:

• merciful eye (of a Buddha or a bodhisattva watching humanity) - Buddhism term

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over

noun / ~する noun:

• coming alongside a pier, quay, etc.; reaching land (of a boat)