noun:

• minor (in university or college courses); sub-major ➜ 専攻

noun:

• bell or gong used to signal soldiers

noun:

• character class; set of related or similar characters

noun:

• residue (e.g. from sugar cane or beets)

noun:

• convert; person converted to a religion or belief

~と adverb:

• splintering or cracking (e.g. in a strong wind) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• defensive opening for shogi ("badger" or "anaguma" castle)

expression:

• willy-nilly; whether willing or not

particle:

• indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted ➜ やら

noun:

• plank used to dry wet clothes or paper

noun:

• salted and fermented meat or fish - archaism

noun:

• style of a haikai or haiku poem ➜ 俳諧・俳句

noun:

• base (e.g. of an ointment or suppository)

noun:

• dance done by two persons or more ➜ 相舞

noun:

• cleaning out mud from a ditch or drain

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to go out for tea (or coffee, etc.) - sometimes used as a pickup line - colloquialism

noun:

• citizens of a local area or region - obscure term ➜ 地元民

noun:

• public bath located in a city or town

noun:

• mashed sweet potatoes (incl. sweetened chestnuts or beans) - obscure term ➜ 金団

noun / ~する noun:

• decontamination (e.g. from chemical or radioactive contamination)

noun:

• roofed mud wall around a villa or temple ➜ 築地【ついじ】

noun:

• defenestration (throwing something or somebody out the window) ➜ 窓外放出

noun:

• earth removed from a mine (or tunnel, etc.)

noun:

• salad (or fish, etc.) dressed with miso

noun:

• kabuki in the style of Kyoto or Osaka ➜ 江戸狂言