noun:

• washable chopsticks carried in a case (to be used in place of disposable chopsticks)

noun:

• Shogitai (group of former Tokugawa retainers opposed to the Meiji government who fought in the battle of Ueno) ➜ 上野戦争

noun:

• Muraji (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to seventh highest of eight) - archaism

noun:

• Sixteen Kingdoms (collection of sovereign states in and around China from 304 to 439 CE); Sixteen Kingdoms period

adjective:

• easy to get into (e.g. of music, etc.); easily getting into (a certain mood, etc.)

expression:

• the doting parent's purse is plundered; the thief caught turns out to be one's own son [literal] - proverb

expression:

• every last one; one and all; from A to Z
• as soon as; right after; no sooner (than) - verb+はしから - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• orangespot surgeonfish (Acanthurus olivaceus, species of tang found from the eastern Indian Ocean to the Pacific); orangeband surgeonfish

noun:

• someone from outside one's own province (China) ➜ 本省人
• someone who moved to Taiwan from the continent after WWII ➜ 本省人

noun:

• straight-tooth weasel shark (Paragaleus tengi, species of Western Pacific weasel shark found from Japan to Viet Nam)

noun:

• realm of a Buddha; Pure Land; paradise - Buddhism term ➜ 浄土
• Buddhist country; land where Buddha has appeared to spread his teachings - Buddhism term

expression:

• intolerable; unbearable; unendurable - emphatic form of 堪らない ➜ 堪らない【たまらない】
• tremendous; out of this world; irresistible ➜ 堪らない【たまらない】
• cannot help (doing); cannot but do; anxious to do ➜ 堪らない【たまらない】

noun:

• rice bought and sold on a rice exchange
• rice used to produce unrefined sake
• rice paid as rent

expression / ichidan verb:

• to keep a secret when asked about it, but let it slip inadvertently when chatting on another occasion

noun:

• sword-shaped stoneware found in archeological sites in eastern Japan dating to the end of the Jomon period

expression:

• take care of it; I'll leave it up to you; do as you see fit ➜ 計らう

noun:

• go; soy beans soaked and mashed to a creamy paste (ingredient of tofu and soy milk) - ご is gikun for 豆汁 and 豆油

expression:

• intolerable; unbearable; unendurable ➜ 堪らない【たまらない】
• irresistible; tremendous; out of this world ➜ 堪らない【たまらない】
• cannot help (doing); cannot but do; anxious to do - after 〜て／〜で form ➜ 堪らない【たまらない】

noun:

• stretched tire (tyre); narrow tire mounted on a wide rim to achieve a low-profile look

noun:

• banishment (to a somewhat distant province); middle-degree punishment of the three banishment punishments under the ritsuryo system

noun:

• bath; bathtub ➜ お風呂
• bathroom; bathhouse
• room for drying lacquerware
• base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)

noun:

• adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup

noun / ~する noun:

• becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman) ➜ 新成人

noun / ~する noun:

• second helping; another cup; seconds ➜ 代わり【かわり】

interjection:

• command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand ➜ お手【おて】

noun / suffix noun:

• number; edition; make; model; issue; part of that group
• sobriquet; pen-name

suffix:

• suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.

noun / ~する noun:

• rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power; gathering strength