noun:

• peacherine; hybrid of a peach and a nectarine; cross between a peach and a nectarine

expression:

• all pain, no gain; doing no good and a lot of harm; having no redeeming features; being a complete disadvantage; a hundred harms and not a single gain [literal] - idiom

noun:

• decorating the alcove of a tea room with a hanging scroll and flowers (in more formal tea ceremonies, during only the first and second half respectively)
• style of decorating a traditional Japanese room (esp. a study) in which incense, a pair of vases and a pair of candlesticks are placed on a table in front of a trio of hanging scrolls - orig. meaning

noun:

• teapot-like object made typically of lacquerware and used to pour hot and cold liquids
• basin of water with two handles on either side used for washing one's face or hands ➜ 盥

noun / ~する noun:

• being evenly matched; being equal with; being on a par with; being well contested

noun:

• eldest and second eldest brother; older and younger brother - orig. meaning - archaism

noun:

• bun
• van (caravan)
• bang ➜ ビッグバン

noun / ~する noun:

• ban (esp. of a player from an online game)

noun / ~の noun:

• new face; newcomer; rookie; fresh recruit
• modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)

noun:

• pochette; pouch (usu. hung from the shoulder by a long cord) - From French

suffix noun / noun:

• itself

noun:

• one's own body; oneself

adverb:

• originally; naturally; by nature; from the start

noun:

• canned tuna (from sea chicken, orig. a brand name)

noun:

• Korean alcoholic beverage made from flour or sticky rice; makkolli; makgeolli - From Korean "maggeoli"

noun / ~する noun:

• stirring up trouble to get credit from the solution - From English "match pump, i.e. lighting a match and then putting it out with a water pump"

noun:

• "goggle-eyed" clay figure; variety of humanoid figurine from the late Jōmon period

noun:

• dripping; drop; trickle
• water trickling from moss, rocks, or cliffs in the summer

noun / ~する noun:

• drawing seawater to make salt; person who draws water from the sea

noun:

• (historic) a temple in which women seeking release from marriage could take refuge

noun / ~する noun:

• becoming unworldly; being free from worldliness; not keeping up with social norms ➜ 世離れる

noun:

• yellow silk cloth with a dark striped or checkered pattern (from Hachijo island)

noun:

• obsolete rule prohibiting match-ups between wrestlers from the same group of stables - Sumo term

noun:

• var. of traditional white, uncreased Japanese paper, made from high-quality mulberry wood ➜ 奉書

noun:

• dullard (gen. from not picking up on other people's feelings) ➜ 鈍い【にぶい】

noun:

• mille crepe (French cake made from layers of crepes) - From French

noun:

• favorable condition (for entering the priesthood) - Buddhism term
• dying in order (from oldest to youngest)

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to change the subject (e.g. away from something awkward or inconvenient)

noun:

• lightsaber; lightsabre; fictional weapon from the Star Wars films