noun:

• small boat used for unloading goods from a large anchored boat (Edo period); lighter ➜ 瀬取り船

noun:

• waiting in front of a temple to be accepted for training (in Zen Buddhism) - Buddhism term

noun:

• abandoned people (people left to fend for themselves after a war or natural disaster)

noun:

• downstage right pillar (on a noh stage) used as a positioning guidepost for actors

expression / adjective:

• best one could ask for; just what one wants; welcome (news); heaven-sent

noun:

• sell-through video; video for sale (as opposed to rental) - From English "sell video"

noun:

• short skirt for playing tennis, etc.
• skort; shorts with an attached skirt-like flap

noun:

• wedge marks in stone (usu. remaining from stone-splitting, now used for visual effect) - obscure term ➜ 矢【や】

noun / ~する noun:

• staying for two or more nights in a row (e.g. at a hotel)

noun:

• graduation concert (school, etc.)
• farewell concert for a group or band member

noun:

• party venue; place for a party; banquet hall

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to follow; to pursue; to chase; to run after
• to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one
• to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to draw back; to sink; to cave in
• to be set back (e.g. from a road)
• to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere); to stay indoors; to butt out; to stay out of it

noun / adjectival noun:

• elegance; dandyism; sophistication; having style
• affectation; showing off; putting on an air; appearances; doing something just for show

noun / ~する noun:

• being lost for words; becoming speechless
• jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables) ➜ 五言絶句・七言絶句

noun / ~する noun:

• emotional attachment
• attitude (expressing emotion); meditative pose (e.g. an actor); posing for effect

noun:

• wardrobe (esp. for Western clothes); chest of drawers; clothespress; dresser; tallboy

noun:

• recouping one's strength for a renewed attack (on); making another attempt with redoubled efforts - four character idiom

noun:

• hemp yarn or linen thread woven into a coarse cloth used for mosquito nets, summer clothes, etc.

noun:

• bench (i.e. for bathroom); seat; small piece of furniture upon which one can sit on ➜ 腰掛け

noun:

• thin cedar or cypress shingles (4.5-6 mm thick, used for shingling roofs of temples, shrines, etc.)

noun:

• primness; prim person ［澄まし・清まし・清し・洗］ ➜ お澄まし
• clear soup - abbreviation ➜ すまし汁
• water for rinsing sake cups (at a banquet, etc.) ［澄まし・清まし・清し・洗］

adjectival noun:

• selfish; with disregard for order or rules - archaism
• reckless; rash; careless - archaism
• loose; bawdy - archaism ➜ みだら
• irrational; illogical - archaism

noun:

• kabusecha; mild green tea which has been lightly screened from sunlight for 1-3 weeks before picking ➜ 煎茶【せんちゃ】

noun:

• various containers; miscellaneous receptacles
• small wooden plate on which offerings for a Shinto home shine are placed