noun:

• type of long chopsticks used in the preparation of fish; type of long chopsticks used to hold the fish in carving knife ceremony

noun:

• fleeting life; this transient world; floating world
• sad world; world of grief and worry - esp. 憂き世
• the world of the living; this life; this world; the present world
• (the world of the) red light districts

noun:

• banquet on the occasion of the first ceremonial offering of rice by the newly-enthroned emperor ➜ 大嘗祭

expression:

• variation of "arimasu" used by the prostitutes of the Yoshiwara red light district in the Edo period

noun:

• ship of the dead which appears if you go fishing the night of the Bon festival ➜ お盆

noun:

• lingering snow ➜ 残雪
• snowfall at the end of the winter or the beginning of spring

noun:

• lingering snow
• snowfall at the end of the winter or the beginning of spring

noun:

• hemp rope fastened from the bow of a Japanese ship to the tip of the mast ➜ 筈

noun:

• arriving at the final stop (of a bus, train, etc.); reaching the end of the line

noun:

• Imperial surname; title borne by a prince of the blood as a head of a house ➜ 宮家【みやけ】

noun:

• tune; tone; key; pitch; time; rhythm
• vein; mood; way; manner; style; knack
• condition; state of health
• impetus; spur of the moment; strain
• trend

noun:

• starting point; beginning; outset
• drawing (e.g. of a bill); issuing; draft; draught
• shaking out
• throw (of dice); toss
• infusion - abbreviation ➜ 振り出し薬

noun:

• fool; oaf; airhead - Kansai dialect
• type of fast-paced humorous singing mimicking the chanting of a Buddhist sutra, usually with lyrics satirizing current events ［あほだら］ - abbreviation ➜ あほだら経

noun:

• curved wooden support on top of the main beam of a house, now mainly decorative (shape evocates an open-legged frog)

pronoun:

• he; she; him; her - derogatory or familiar

noun:

• samurai's attendant (in a var. of origami)
• type of popular song accompanied by dance from the Edo period

noun:

• behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; 2nd year of junior high sickness [literal] - slang - humorous term

expression / godan ~う verb:

• (for a nobleman) to bestow one of the kanji in his name upon someone (e.g. meritorious retainer, boy coming of age, etc.) - archaism

noun:

• Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum)
• complex inter-relationship (as in the struggle between two types of vine over one piece of land)

noun:

• yellowtail surgeonfish (Prionurus punctatus, species of Eastern Central Pacific tang found in reefs from the Gulf of California to El Salvador)

noun:

• period of grace (e.g. in which merchant vessels are allowed to leave a belligerent nation's port after an outbreak of war) - Law term

noun:

• incorporating; inserting
• nesting (e.g. of matryoshka dolls); nest
• square offering tray made of unvarnished wood (three per nested set)
• latticed ceiling - abbreviation - Architecture term ➜ 組み入れ天井

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• jingling - onomatopoeia
• (sound of) many people clapping together - onomatopoeia ➜ 手締め
• healthy; robust; active; hale and hearty; handling one's work well - onomatopoeia
• concluding successfully - onomatopoeia
• boiling (of water) - archaism - onomatopoeia

noun / ~の noun:

• path of righteousness; path of duty; right track; correct path

noun:

• host (of a party, summit, etc.)
• host (of male host club)

noun:

• twenty years of age
• youth; early age; tender age of ...