adverb / ~と adverb:

• soft, light rustling (e.g. leaves in the wind) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• metaphorical poem (of the Man'yōshū)

noun:

• latticed shutters (in traditional Japanese and Chinese architecture) - Architecture term

noun / ~する noun:

• killing oneself out of despair (disgust with life) - four character idiom

noun:

• five ranks of nobility (in Japan, 1868-1946) ➜ 公爵【こうしゃく】・侯爵【こうしゃく】・伯爵【はくしゃく】・子爵【ししゃく】・男爵【だんしゃく】

noun:

• dilation (of a sound wave in acoustics)

suffix noun:

• superior to (e.g. professional, etc. in ability or achievement) ➜ 裸足【はだし】

noun:

• ignoring (one thing) for (another) ➜ 其方退け【そっちのけ】

noun:

• (the path of spiritual) enlightenment - Buddhism term

noun:

• charity (in Christian theology); caritas

noun:

• Babylonian Captivity (of the Israelites, 586 BC - 539 BC)

noun:

• monkey banana (var. of wild banana in the Philippines and Okinawa) (Musa acuminata 'Seniorita'); seniorita banana; var. of banana producing small fruit - From English "monkey banana"

noun:

• mangrove (esp. the black mangrove, Bruguiera gymnorrhiza)
• tree with red leaves or flowers

noun:

• (having) a close relationship (with) - four character idiom

noun:

• sculpin (any fish of family Cottidae, incl. the bullheads and the miller's-thumb)
• Japanese fluvial sculpin (Cottus pollux)

noun:

• rescue and assistance (by public bodies) (e.g. in time of disaster)

noun:

• kata (in karate)

noun:

• British North America Act (now known as the Constitution Act 1867)

noun:

• large war sword (carried across the back); extra-long sword ➜ 野太刀【のだち】

noun:

• prefectural residents' tax (in Kyoto or Osaka) ➜ 県民税

noun:

• anterior chamber (of the eyes)

noun:

• late attendance (e.g. at the office)

noun:

• last hole (in golf) - Sports term

noun:

• Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata ➜ 七夕【たなばた】

noun:

• Miwa Shinto (sect of amalgamated Shinto developed in the Muromachi Period) ➜ 両部神道

noun:

• vital point (critical place to make a move in the game of Go)