noun:

• solar pond (salty pond in which energy from solar energy accumulates in the lower layers, due to lack of convection)

noun:

• dance where a female dancer dresses up as a man (late Heian to early Kamakura period)
• noh dance performed by a man without a mask

noun:

• red Fuji; when Mt Fuji appears red because of the sun's rays (esp. in the early morning from late summer to early autumn)

noun:

• pigeon seen on the morning of the New Year (e.g. as one is going to the shrine or temple for the New Year prayers)

noun:

• gold driver's license; driver's license awarded to drivers who haven't been in an accident in the past 5 years

noun:

• kōji; malted rice; malt; malt-like material from growing mold on rice, barley, beans, etc. (used as a starter to make sake, miso, soy sauce, etc.)

~の noun / adjectival noun:

• worn-out; ragged; tattered; battered; scruffy - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb / adjectival noun / ~する noun:

• crumbling; dry and crumbly - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb:

• falling (in drops or clumps); scattering - onomatopoeia

adjectival noun:

• (physically or mentally) worn-out; exhausted - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb:

• (coming to light) one after another - onomatopoeia

expression:

• intending to persuade someone and instead being persuaded oneself; going for wool and coming home shorn; the biter bit; the mummy hunter himself becomes a mummy [literal] - idiom

noun:

• swift's nest (used to make bird's nest soup); edible bird's nest - obscure term ➜ ツバメの巣

noun:

• night where one waits for someone who is supposed to come - archaism
• night of the 14th day of the eight month of the lunar calendar - archaism

noun:

• manager; steward; factotum; person next in rank to the chief retainers and in charge of general management and accounting in a samurai family (Edo period) ➜ 御用人
• useful person

noun / ~する noun:

• profit; gains
• benefit; advantage; interest (of the public, etc.)
• grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing; miracle ［りやく］

expression:

• Yama's pole with a human head on the top (able to discern good and evil of the dead) ➜ 閻魔
• (being a) fuss-pot; complaining about things in the public eye

adjective:

• terrible; dreadful - colloquialism ➜ 凄い
• amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); wonderful; terrific - colloquialism ➜ 凄い
• to a great extent; vast (in numbers) - colloquialism ➜ 凄い

noun / ~する noun:

• using a new brush for the first time
• doing something for the first time
• man losing his virginity (esp. to an older woman)

noun:

• fortifying mochi; mochi that improves one's strength
• mochi received from one's parents after giving birth ➜ 汁の餅
• mochi given to a toddler on its first birthday

adjective:

• difficult; hard; troublesome; complicated; serious (disease, problem, etc.)
• fussy; particular; fastidious; hard to please; displeased
• gloomy; glum; sullen; serious (look)
• dirty; unclean; filthy; detestable - archaism
• unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky - archaism

adjective:

• unthinkable; unexpected; outrageous; offensive; terrible

expression:

• absolutely not!; not at all!; far from it!; impossible!; preposterous!; what a thing to say!; no way!; bullshit - colloquialism
• don't mention it; you're welcome

noun:

• yamanba; manba; girl or young woman adhering to a fashion trend often characterized by extremely gaudy and colourful facial make up, heavily tanned skin and hair dyed in a bright hue - colloquialism ➜ 山姥・ガングロ

noun:

• between (e.g. two people); face to face
• hindrance; impediment
• arrhythmic section of recitative in noh music - usually written using kana alone - Music term

prefix:

• prefix used for stress or emphasis

counter:

• counter for traditional dance songs

noun:

• scarlet kadsura (Kadsura japonica) ➜ 実葛【さねかずら】
• white sash tied around the head, with ends hanging down and tucked into belt, worn in kyogen to indicate a female character being played by a man

noun:

• 43rd year of the sexagenary cycle (year of the Fire Horse, renowned for disasters and the birth of women destined to kill their husbands)

suffix / particle:

• approximately; about; around; or so - also written as 位
• to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; so ... that ...; at least
• as ... as ...; like

noun:

• one's registered domicile (as recorded in the family register); one's legal domicile (as opposed to where one lives) ➜ 戸籍【こせき】

noun / ~する noun:

• failing to win an electoral seat in a single-member constituency, but winning a seat in a proportionally represented constituency