noun:

• Heike biwa; Heike lute; biwa with 4 strings and 5 frets, esp. for accompanying the Heike Monogatari ➜ 琵琶
• chanting of the Heike Monogatari to biwa accompaniment ➜ 平曲【へいきょく】

noun:

• building-to-land ratio; building coverage ratio; land coverage; site coverage

pre-noun adjectival:

• that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the ➜ 何の【どの】・此の・其れ・彼の

interjection:

• um...; er...; uh...

noun:

• Chinese courtesy name (name formerly given to adult Chinese men, used in place of their given name in formal situations)
• nickname
• section of a village

expression:

• enter through the narrow gate (for wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction); enter ye in at the strait gate - from Matthew 7:13 - proverb

noun:

• where one has gone to; place where one has gone

noun:

• lunch box brought to cram school; cram school lunch box - slang ➜ 弁

noun:

• Gould's monitor (Varanus gouldii, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to Australia); sand goanna; sand monitor; Gould's goanna

noun:

• hired foreigner; foreign advisor hired by the Japanese government for their specialized knowledge to assist in the modernization of Japan at the end of the Bakufu and during the Meiji Era

noun:

• salt pan (used for boiling seawater to make salt)
• cooking a fish inside a salt crust - abbreviation ➜ 塩釜焼き
• candy made with a wrapping of sweetened rice flour (looking like a salt crust)

noun:

• constellation - Astronomy term
• mansion (any of the Chinese constellations used to divide the ecliptic into 28 positions) - archaism - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿
• Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - Astronomy term ➜ 星【せい】

noun:

• Themeda triandra var. japonica (variety of kangaroo grass) ➜ 雌刈萱
• Cymbopogon tortilis var. goeringii (variety of grass closely related to lemongrass) ➜ 雄刈萱
• thatching grass; thatching sedge

noun:

• seeking one's own interests; straining (the interpretation or argument) to suit one's own interests; drawing water for one's own field - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• pasturing; letting (an animal) run loose
• letting (someone) do as they please; leaving (something) to take its own course; letting (an issue) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving at large (e.g. a criminal)

expression / noun:

• closure (of a road); suspension of traffic

expression:

• Road closed (on a sign); Closed to traffic; No through road

noun:

• smith's assistant; assistant who hammers in response to a master smith's signal
• large hammer (used by a smith's assistant)

expression:

• people may bring about their demise for love (like a deer coming forth when it hears a hunter's whistle in mating season); it is easy to have one's weak points taken advantage of - obscure term

expression:

• start with the first step; when embarking on a great project, start with immediate steps ➜ 隗より始めよ
• he who first suggests it should be the first to do it ➜ 隗より始めよ

expression:

• start with the first step; when embarking on a great project, start with immediate steps - proverb
• he who first suggests it should be the first to do it - proverb

expression:

• always listen to your parents; always value your parents' advice; not even one in a thousand of a parents' opinion or an eggplant flower are in vain [literal] - proverb

noun:

• mamba (snake of the genus Dendroaspis)
• yamanba; manba; girl or young woman adhering to a fashion trend often characterized by extremely gaudy and colourful facial make up, heavily tanned skin and hair dyed in a bright hue - abbreviation ➜ ヤマンバ

noun / ~する noun:

• yell used to time or encourage activity (e.g. "Heave ho!", "On three ... One, two, three!" in English); enthusiastic shout from the audience (e.g. in kabuki); shouting (in concerts)

noun / ~する noun:

• staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first
• constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)

noun:

• ballistic-missile shoot-down order; order to shoot down a ballistic missile ➜ 破壊措置命令

noun / ~する noun:

• creeping at night into a woman's bedroom; stealing into a girl's bedroom at night to make love; sneaking visit