noun:

• small cedar - abbreviation - archaism
• thin Japanese paper (used as tissue during the Edo period) ➜ 小杉原

noun:

• straw-thatching; straw-thatched roof

noun:

• the world and the nation; the state of the world; high affairs of state - four character idiom

noun:

• invoking the coercive power of the state; calling upon the power of the state

noun:

• head of a ward; mayor of a ward; chief administrator of a ward

noun:

• traditional Japanese wind instrument resembling panpipes; free-reed instrument used in Japanese court music

noun:

• black rat; roof rat ➜ 熊鼠【くまねずみ】
• field mouse ➜ 野鼠【のねずみ】

noun:

• driving off birds
• procession held at the New Year to chase away the birds for the year, with children singing songs as the villagers walked from house to house
• female street musician who wore a braided hat and carried a shamisen
• street entertainer who appeared on New Year's eve and performed with a fan

expression / noun:

• person of high standing facing no opposition and with a warped view of reality
• The Emperor's New Clothes (tale by Hans Christian Andersen) - orig. meaning

noun:

• the three worms (in Taoism, worms that inhabit the human gut and, on the eve of the 57th day of the sexagenary cycle, ascend to heaven during one's sleep to report on one's wrongdoings) ➜ 庚申待

noun:

• Japanese ko-so-a-do demonstratives (e.g. pronouns: kore, sore, are, dore) - Linguistics term

noun:

• partitions in a Japanese house (e.g. screens, sliding doors, etc.)

particle:

• by (indicating means of action); as (a group, etc.) ➜ からして・として・にして・為る
• indicates patient of a causative expression - as 〜をして in modern Japanese
• acts as a connective - after the ren'youkei form of an adjective
• adds emphasis - after an adverb or a particle

conjunction:

• and then ➜ そして

noun:

• awareness of the issues; (having a) critical mind; concerns

noun / ~する noun:

• phone trace; detecting the source of a telephone call

noun:

• washing only the soiled part (of a garment)

expression / noun:

• the last part of a poem or Bible verse

noun:

• the last part of a poem or Bible verse

expression / adverb:

• as a matter of fact; to tell the truth

expression / adverb:

• as a matter of fact; to tell the truth

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to hang up the receiver (of a telephone)

noun:

• inversion of the word order in a sentence; anastrophe - Linguistics term

noun:

• sunrise viewed from the top of a high mountain ➜ 御来光

noun:

• soot on the bottom of a pot or pan

noun:

• ceremony held at the end of a school term