noun:

• swallow's nest
• swift's nest (used to make bird's nest soup) - Food term

noun:

• articles of the deceased; article left by the deceased; things that belonged to the deceased

noun:

• rash; eruption (in response to a skin irritant)

suffix noun:

• influence - usu. negative or critical nuance
• crazy about; having an affectation concerning all things surrounding something (esp. a language, a culture, etc.)

noun:

• (Edo-period) roadside teahouse where one would go to relax (in comparison with a restaurant style teahouse and teahouse offering sexual services); tea stall ➜ 色茶屋・料理茶屋

expression:

• nothing costs as much as what is given to us; there's no such thing as a free lunch - proverb

noun:

• being closed; being blocked up; being occupied; hindrance; impedance ➜ 塞がる
• unlucky direction (in Onmyōdō; due to the presence of a god such as Ten'ichijin) ➜ 陰陽道・天一神

noun:

• person who is made to do things or go get things for someone else; person who runs errands; gofer - abbreviation - colloquialism ➜ 使いっ走り

noun:

• scramble intersection; pedestrian scramble; X-crossing; diagonal crossing; intersection allowing pedestrians to cross simultaneously in any direction

noun:

• banishment (to a location far from the capital); the harshest of the three banishment punishments under the ritsuryo system

expression / noun:

• what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind

noun:

• White Tiger (god said to rule over the western heavens) ➜ 四神
• seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the western heavens - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿

noun:

• Black Tortoise (god said to rule over the northern heavens) ➜ 四神
• seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the northern heavens - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿

noun:

• great impropriety (esp. towards the imperial family) - archaism
• crime against the imperial family (or a shrine dedicated to them, etc.) ➜ 八虐

noun:

• New Year's banquet (held annually by the emperor on Jan. 5, prior to WWII)
• New Year's party ➜ 新年会

expression:

• the husband is always the last to know; everyone knows of the wife's infidelity but the cuckolded husband - idiom

noun:

• roadside grass; roadside weeds
• guidance (sometimes esp. referring to guidance in love); guidepost; guide
• Chinese fountain grass (Pennisetum alopecuroides) ➜ 力芝

noun:

• Achilles tang (Acanthurus achilles, species of surgeonfish found from the Western Pacific to the East Central Pacific)

noun:

• bamboo wall-top spikes (or wood, iron); spikes placed at the top of a wall to repel thieves

noun:

• heavy rotation; frequently broadcasting or listening to the same music; frequently wearing the same outfit

noun:

• gift received from a visitor (usu. used when offering the visitor to partake of part of that gift) - honorific language - abbreviation ➜ 御持たせ物

noun:

• gift received from a visitor (usu. used when offering the visitor to partake of part of that gift) - honorific language ➜ お持たせ

noun:

• person who has not developed emotional maturity; young person who does not want to become an adult

noun:

• painting with the body of a brush's bristles (to create a thicker line than possible with the tip) ➜ 直筆【ちょくひつ】

suffix noun:

• as much as you would like to; as much as one likes ➜ 食べ放題

adjectival noun / adverb / noun:

• to one's heart's content; as much as one wants