noun:

• result; effect; performance; success
• workmanship; execution; shape and quality (of an article); finishing touches

noun:

• tempura served over a bowl of rice
• (in comedy) repeating the same gag or silly line - colloquialism

noun:

• one mountain
• pile (of something); heap; lot (in sale)
• hump; worst part
• large profit; killing ➜ 一山当てる【ひとやまあてる】

noun:

• handwriting; autograph; authorization; authorisation ➜ 墨付き
• certificate; certified document; paper with signature of the shogun or lord

adverb / noun:

• regularly; promptly - onomatopoeia

~と adverb:

• sound of clashing swords - onomatopoeia

noun:

• Manchu queue ➜ 辮髪
• padded sleeveless kimono jacket; Japanese vest (often for children) ➜ ちゃんちゃんこ

noun:

• en-tout-cas (track or tennis court surface made of clay and crushed brick) - From French

noun:

• rain chain (hanging from a gutter and functioning as downspout, often made of ornamental cups)

noun:

• shed; shelter; terminal (e.g. cargo, airport, etc.); temporary covering of a building being built

noun:

• 1000 ryou (an old Japanese coin)
• Sarcandra glabra (species of flowering shrub in the family Chloranthaceae) - usu. センリョウ

noun:

• small wooden Japanese toy that flies when spun between the palms of one's hands

prefix:

• one (of a pair)
• incomplete; imperfect; fragmentary
• few; little
• off-centre; remote
• side; problem; question; matters ➜ 片が付く

noun / ~する noun:

• counselling (often of imprisoned criminals by a chaplain, etc.); giving guidance ［教誨・教戒］
• admonishment; scolding; exhortation ［教戒・教誡］

noun:

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

noun:

• lines of the palm; aptitude; handwriting; apt move (in a go or shogi game); standard method

noun:

• makizushi; sushi made rolled in nori seaweed with a core of filling - Food term

noun / ~する noun:

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

noun / ~する noun:

• shading; color; colour
• kumadori; style of kabuki makeup used for violent roles

noun:

• large pink (Dianthus superbus var. longicalycinus) - four character idiom ➜ 撫子
• woman who displays the feminine virtues of old Japan

noun:

• snow, moon, and flowers; beauty of the four seasons (from a poem by Bai Juyi) ➜ 月雪花【つきゆきはな】

noun:

• thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan; sukiyaki ➜ すきやき

noun:

• Japanese grass vole (Microtus montebelli)
• any rodent of subfamily Arvicolinae (incl. voles, lemmings and muskrats)

noun:

• part of a building where water is circulated (kitchen, bathroom, etc.); wet area

noun / ~の noun:

• piece of junk (esp. dismantled or broken down car); worn-out article

noun:

• hitting (with fist); striking

expression / noun:

• shape of the "dai" kanji (esp. person with arms and legs outstretched); sprawling; lying spread-eagled

noun:

• undeveloped woodland near populated area
• settlement pattern of living in upland valleys and cultivating lower slopes