noun:

• small chrysanthemum
• small low grade piece of japanese paper used as a kettle rest or as a tissue - obscure term
• paper handed as a means of congratulations in a red light district - obscure term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to stand side by side; to stand in a row

expression / ichidan verb:

• to stand side by side; to stand in a row ➜ 軒を並べる

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to be left without means of sustenance; to be turned adrift in the streets; to be rendered homeless; to be out in the cold; to be down and out - idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building)
• receiving a flood of critical comments on an online article, blog post, etc.

noun:

• women working in military brothels (esp. those forced into prostitution as a form of sexual slavery by the Japanese military during WWII); (campaign) comfort women [literal] - euphemism

noun:

• seeds and seedlings
• eggs and hatchlings; (fish) eggs and fry

ichidan verb:

• to be (deeply) touched by; to be struck by

expression / adverb:

• with each new day; day by day; by the day - archaism

noun:

• tamponade; blockage or closure of a wound or body cavity by (or as if by) a tampon (esp. to stop bleeding) - Medicine term ➜ 心タンポナーデ【しんタンポナーデ】

expression / noun:

• doing or receiving something good by accident or through the invitation of somebody else; being pulled to the Zenkoji temple by a cow [literal] - idiom

adjectival noun:

• of the old feeling of naniwa-bushi; marked by the dual themes of obligation and compassion that distinguish the naniwa-bushi ballads ➜ 浪花節

noun:

• "Helping Hands" comedy performance; performance in which one person wears a haori on their shoulders, while another person behind them puts their arms through the sleeves of the haori and feeds the person in front ➜ 羽織

noun:

• the right to sunshine; in zoning, the right to have sunlight falling on one's building not be obstructed by new buildings

noun / ~する noun:

• going to serve one's lord

noun:

• daimyo's alternating Edo residence; official attendance service (by a daimyo in the Edo era) - abbreviation ➜ 参勤交代

noun:

• three-part joke, where the first two parts are similar and mundane, while the third is the punchline (e.g. How do you get to my place? Go down to the corner, turn left, and get lost.); rule of three (in comedy writing) ➜ 落ち【おち】

noun:

• ceremony on the fifth day of the 10th lunar month in which the emperor would watch prize archery (Heian and Kamakura periods)
• first firing of the bow (after the New Year or the reconstruction of the archery range (in military families))

noun:

• onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori) - polite language

particle:

• although; despite; even though; and yet
• whereas; while
• if only; I wish
• in order to

noun:

• drawing a katana and attacking in the same stroke
• doing something suddenly, without warning

noun:

• teriyaki (meat or fish marinated in sweet soy sauce and broiled)

noun:

• dessert (esp. in Italian cuisine); sweets; cake - From Italian "dolce"

adverb:

• dolce; (to be performed) gently and sweetly - Music term - From Italian

noun:

• double-dealer; timeserver; moving back and forth between two sides in a conflict - four character idiom

noun:

• loach stew; loaches boiled in soy sauce with stewed eggs and slivered burdock root - Food term ➜ 泥鰌

noun:

• fish sliced open, seasoned with mirin, soy sauce, etc. and dried in the sun