noun:

• life-sized doll used for masturbation - From English "Dutch wife"
• cage (rattan or cane) used in bed in the tropics
• bolster used for warmth when sleeping

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to make amends; to compensate for; to make up for

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to forgive a person for their error; to forgive someone for their mistake

expression / adverb:

• for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account ➜ 為に

noun:

• room for rent (lease); room to let; office space for rent (lease)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to pay for one's transgression; to receive punishment for one's crime

noun / ~する noun:

• cleaning up or covering for another; bearing the consequences of someone else's error; paying a debt for someone; wiping another's buttocks [literal]

noun:

• gathering place
• labour camp for drifters, criminals, etc. (Edo period) - abbreviation ➜ 人足寄場
• entertainment hall (for rakugo, manzai, magic, music, etc.); vaudeville theater (theatre); music hall ➜ 寄席

expression:

• if you visit the toilet while travelling, you will get behind your fellow travelers; one chou for a piss, one ri for a shit [literal] - archaism - proverb ➜ 里【り】・町

noun:

• new straw; straw from the current year
• rice seedlings boiled and dried and then tied into a woman's hair to chase evil spirits away

pronoun:

• where; what place ➜ 此処・其処・彼処
• how much (long, far); what extent ➜ 何れ程

noun:

• Edo-period mouth harp (with a hairpin-like frame and a long straight tongue)

expression / ~する verb (spec.):

• to qualify (as); to have the qualifications (for ...); to be entitled to; to have a claim (for)

expression / adverbial noun:

• how long; how far; how much ➜ どの位【どのくらい】

expression / adverbial noun:

• how long; how far; how much ➜ 何れくらい【どれくらい】

noun:

• speculative buying; buying long; buying on margin

noun:

• long vest with open sleeves; chokki vest; kimono vest

expression:

• to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method; to ask for the impossible; to look for fish by climbing a tree [literal] - from Mencius - proverb

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:

• 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

interjection:

• bye-bye; good-bye; see you; so long

noun / ~する noun:

• saying goodbye; parting

noun:

• oar
• all ➜ オールＡ

noun / ~する noun:

• (pulling an) all-nighter; staying up all night long - colloquialism - abbreviation ➜ オールナイト

noun:

• adult child; adult children; adult person psychologically traumatized from being raised in an abusive or dysfunctional family (e.g. by alcoholic parents)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to become old enough to understand what's going on around oneself (of a child, etc.); to reach the age of discretion

noun:

• substitution
• material
• price
• margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.); area required for something
• shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; ~19.83 m.sq.) - archaism ➜ 反【たん】