noun:

• Christmas; Nativity ➜ キリスト降誕祭【キリストこうたんさい】
• celebration of the birthday of a saint or great man

noun:

• head monk in charge of the administrative section of a zendo (Zen) - Buddhism term ➜ 禅堂

noun:

• slip-guard (on one side of the body of a shamisen) ➜ 胴掛け

noun:

• noro; member of a hereditary caste of female mediums in Okinawa

noun:

• executive council (usu. of a party); board of governors; general affairs committee

noun:

• sweet potato (any of a number of different cultivars with red skin)

noun:

• abomasum (fourth compartment of the stomach of a ruminant); maw; rennet-bag

noun:

• grounds of a Shinto shrine
• enchanted land; abode of immortals and gods

noun:

• jatropha (member of a genus of flowering plants in the spurge family)

noun:

• Buddha's heart; Buddha's mercy - Buddhism term

noun:

• øre; Danish or Norwegian monetary unit equal to one hundredth of a krone - From Danish or Norwegian ➜ クローネ
• öre; Swedish monetary unit equal to one hundredth of a krona - From Swedish ➜ クローナ

noun / counter:

• swing; shake; wave; swinging

noun:

• appearance; behaviour - usually written using kana alone
• pretence (pretense); show; pretending (to) - oft. after a noun+の or verb in the dictionary form - usually written using kana alone ➜ 振りをする

noun / ~の noun:

• going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• move (dance); postures
• lead in (e.g. to a running joke, asking a question); lead up - oft. as フリ - usually written using kana alone ➜ 前振り
• unsewn part of a hanging sleeve on a traditional Japanese woman's garment

suffix / counter:

• counter for swords, blades, etc.

noun:

• not wearing underwear or pants - archaism

noun:

• using a meat ax when a knife would suffice; taking a sledgehammer to crack a nut; using a grand-scale measure (a massive instrument) to deal with an insignificant problem

noun:

• distance of eight sun (approx. 24 cm)
• dish or tray of this size (esp. used in kaiseki cuisine to serve several kinds of delicacies); food served in such a dish
• var. of thick, traditional Japanese paper

noun:

• place; spot; space
• field; discipline; sphere; realm
• occasion; situation ➜ その場
• scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
• session (of the stock market)
• area in which cards are laid out (in a card game)
• round (i.e. east, south, etc.) - Mahjong term ➜ 東場・南場・西場・北場
• field - Physics term
• field (gestalt psychology)

noun:

• imperial portrait; photograph of the incumbent Emperor and Empress distributed to schools between 1890 and the end of the Second World War
• portrait or photo of a person of high rank - honorific language

noun / ~する noun:

• preliminary inspection; having a look in advance
• preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes)

noun:

• siding (on a house); clapboard; weatherboard ➜ 下見板【したみいた】

noun:

• sheathing (under thatched roofing) - abbreviation
• lath (used as a foundation for a mud plaster wall)
• decorative rafters (of alternating wood and bamboo) ➜ 桟竹

noun:

• game in which children use a piece of charcoal on a string to create and lift up snowballs - archaism

noun:

• humorous mask of a homely woman's face (characterized by a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to escape being burned (esp. of a building or the items in it); to survive a fire

noun:

• corsage; small bouquet worn by a woman - From French
• bodice of a woman's dress - archaism

noun:

• decorative ridge-end tile (traditionally bearing the face of a demon and resembling a gargoyle)
• hideous face - obscure term

noun:

• scarcity of eligible women; difficulty for a man to find a woman; woman shortage ➜ 男旱【おとこひでり】

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef) ➜ 任せる・任せる