noun:

• signboard with gold or gilt lettering; slogan; noble cause

noun:

• (primarily in shogi or go) response; countermeasure; counter-measure

noun / adjectival noun:

• calculating, profit-or-loss mentality

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to read through (difficult passage or particularly long book)

noun:

• articles disposed of or sold off by the government

noun / ~する noun:

• waiting for the rising tide or a good opportunity

noun:

• mass or ceremony for the repose of a soul

noun:

• head family; main branch of a school or religion

noun:

• clothes for doing farm work or working in fields

noun:

• boiled rice mixed with vegetables and meat or fish - Kansai dialect - Food term ➜ 加薬御飯

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• calm or at rest; having nothing to do; still

noun:

• telegram sent by an emperor or head of state

noun:

• the Seven Misfortunes - Buddhism term
• great number of faults or defects

noun / ~の noun:

• separation (e.g. by a screen, curtain, or door) - often 物越しに ➜ 越し【ごし】

noun:

• study or science of literature; a liberal arts department

adverb:

• determining an attitude or response according to the opponent - four character idiom

noun:

• staying in the same inn or hotel; rooming together

noun:

• obtaining peace of mind through faith or ascetic practice - Buddhism term

noun:

• amah (foreign maid or nursemaid working in east Asia) - From Portuguese "ama"

noun / ~する noun:

• performance by two or more musicians playing similar instruments

noun / ~する noun:

• killing by running over with a car or train

noun:

• money to cover the cost of preparations or arrangements

noun:

• rush mat with a floral or bulrush pattern

noun:

• rack or hanger for hanging kimono, coats, etc.

noun:

• vegetables or fish boiled in soy sauce