noun:

• holding out one or both hands and arching one's body backward like a shrimp (in kabuki, represents being overwhelmed by someone's power)

noun:

• person who moves a lot for their job; family who moves a lot for the primary breadwinner's job

noun:

• rattan; (rattan) cane (e.g. used in wicker furniture)

noun:

• internal organs such as intestines used as food

noun:

• anti-flood pond; manmade pond used to prevent flooding

noun:

• ox or whale penis, used as a tonic or aphrodisiac

noun:

• metal fiber (esp. used in reinforced concrete); steel fiber

noun:

• calendar era; year numbering system used by a calendar

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to steal; to rob; to snatch; to pocket; to plunder
• to deceive; to trick; to cheat
• to graze (in passing); to skim; to brush against; to touch lightly
• to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.); to flit (through one's mind, across one's face)
• to do (something) while no one is looking - often as 目をかすめて
• to hint at; to suggest; to insinuate - archaism

expression:

• for money; just for money; by means of money; by force of money

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to labor (labour) for the public good; to work for the public good

ichidan verb:

• to come for the first time; to become for the first time

noun:

• for the first time; first thing; doing something for the first time - archaism
• first menstruation - archaism

noun:

• sweet rice jelly
• Edo-period herbal medicine (used as an antitussive and a breath freshener) - orig. meaning

noun:

• bottle gourd
• ensign bearing a cluster of gourds (used by Toyotomi Hideyoshi)

noun:

• etalon (optical element with parallel surfaces used to increase the coherent length of a laser)

noun:

• mixture of mayonnaise and canned tuna, used on bread, pasta, etc.

noun:

• obfuscated style of Japanese text, used particularly by young women in keitai emails

noun:

• pocket square; decorative handkerchief used as an accessory to a suit - From English "pocket (handker)chief"

noun:

• twelve words used to mark the old calendar as indicators of lucky and unlucky activities

noun:

• twelve words used to mark the old calendar as indicators of lucky and unlucky activites - obscure term ➜ 十二直

noun:

• implements used to enhance the effect of a play (e.g. props, costumes, etc.)

noun:

• common and low grade type of katsuobushi
• bamboo rod used during imperial exorcism ceremonies

noun:

• kakko; Japanese hourglass drum, played with sticks on both sides, traditionally used in gagaku - Music term

noun:

• long, thin, roofless small boat (used as a river taxi during the Edo period)