noun:

• tephra (particles ejected by an eruption)

noun:

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

noun:

• qieyun (ancient Chinese dictionary arranged by rhyme, displaying characters' meanings and representing their pronunciation with fanqie)

expression:

• relationships (formed by wealth) will end when the money ends

noun:

• Teimon school (of haikai, founded by Matsunaga Teitoku)

noun:

• Dynastic period (the Nara period and esp. the Heian period, characterized by the rule of the emperor as opposed to shogunate) ➜ 武家時代

noun:

• iron mask (worn by samurai)

noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• intoxicated (by liquor or music); entranced; enraptured

noun:

• recital (i.e. of music, by a pupil)
• presentation (e.g. product launch)

interjection:

• heave ho (shout used by construction workers, etc. when pulling something big)

noun:

• Council of Five Elders (committee of daimyo formed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi to rule Japan until his son Hideyori came of age) ➜ 五奉行

noun:

• classical form of i-adjective inflection (easily recognized by its attributive form ending in "shiki" and predicative form ending in "shi")

noun:

• half-sibling (by a different father); uterine sibling; maternal half-sibling; half-brother; half-sister

noun:

• dark blue gem allowing one to recall memories when stroked with one's hand (allegedly possessed by Zhang Yue)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be bothered (by something); to suffer

noun:

• path staked out for one (by somebody else) - idiom

noun:

• red hakama (worn by miko or noblewomen at court) ➜ 紅の袴【くれないのはかま】

noun:

• one mobile telephone ring (used by companies, usually sex-related, to register a phone number on a mobile in the hope people will return the call. Also used between acquaintances when swapping telephone numbers, or to get another person to call oneself)

noun / ~する noun:

• counselling (often of imprisoned criminals by a chaplain, etc.); giving guidance ［教誨・教戒］
• admonishment; scolding; exhortation ［教戒・教誡］

noun:

• stone placed on railway track (by children)
• decorative garden stone
• handicap stone (in go) ➜ 置き碁【おきご】

~の noun / noun:

• unmarried (by choice) ➜ 未婚

noun:

• democracy (as propounded by Sun Yat-sen)

noun:

• Indian song and dance (introduced to Japan by the Chams in approx. 736 CE)

noun:

• Unification Church (religious movement started by Reverend Sun Myung Moon)

noun / ~の noun:

• wanted (esp. someone sought by police, etc.); wanted person