noun:

• white plaster bun-shaped mound (used to support base stones, etc.)

noun:

• fireplace; mantlepiece - From French "cheminée" ➜ 暖炉・マントルピース
• chimney (narrow cleft used to climb a rock face) ➜ チムニー

noun:

• alundum (material made of fused aluminum usu. used as an abrasive)

noun:

• seal used to open and associated with a bank account

noun:

• waders (waterproof pants often fitted with boots, used mostly by fishermen)

noun:

• safety belt (typically used in Japanese construction work); fall-prevention harness

noun:

• words used to describe tempo, dynamics, etc. in music; musical terminology

noun:

• elementary school textbook, used from late Heian to early Meiji periods - archaism

noun:

• dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye) ➜ 藍

noun:

• dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye) ➜ 藍

noun:

• saddening (dye); agent used in dyeing to darken a colour
• blanching - Food term

noun:

• lattice of evenly spaced vertical timber bars (used in facades, etc.)

noun:

• flute used to lure green pheasants (imitates the pheasant's song) - obscure term

noun:

• eradication of malignant spirits (esp. used in fantasy and science fiction)

noun:

• large lever used to control a train - From English "master controller"

noun:

• small folding knife with a rectangular blade used to sharpen pencils ➜ ミッキーナイフ

noun:

• mixture of mayonnaise and canned tuna, used on bread, pasta, etc. - abbreviation ➜ ツナマヨネーズ

noun / ~する noun:

• having a hard time getting used to unfamiliar places (of children)

expression / noun:

• one's devoted wife; wife who has followed one through hard times; wife married in poverty

adjectival noun:

• seeming to want to say something; looking like one wants to give one's opinion

expression / ~の noun:

• one in a million (chance, etc.); one in ten thousand; in the unlikely event that

noun:

• cooking over a second fire to prevent contamination from one's everyday fire for performing Shinto rites; cooking over a second fire to prevent contamination from mourning people, menstruating women, etc.

godan ~ぶ verb / transitive:

• to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with
• to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with
• to do with something as one pleases
• to appreciate

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to open (e.g. one's robe); to bare (e.g. one's chest); to expose

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to open up (of clothing); to be exposed

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to open wide (one's legs, eyes, mouth, etc.); to stretch - archaism

godan ~す verb / ~す verb (precursor to modern する) / intransitive verb:

• to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set
• to expect; to hope for; to look forward to; to foresee; to anticipate
• to resolve (to do); to decide upon; to prepare for; to promise; to pledge