noun / ~する noun:

• reciting poetry or singing in a soft voice

noun:

• built-in function (e.g. in programming language)

noun:

• salary paid in kind

noun / adjectival noun:

• staunch (steadfast, single-hearted) in one's devotion to his master (lord) - four character idiom

noun:

• ornamental weights used to keep curtains and the like from blowing around in the wind

expression:

• that in itself; as such

noun:

• fan that is no longer needed in autumn

expression:

• in consideration of; in deference to; out of respect for; for (someone's) sake - as ...に免じて

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to share in the benefit

noun:

• booth or stall in front of a home

noun:

• mythical spirit residing in a person's body that generates a desire to drink (also said to turn water into alcohol) - from 'Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio', 1740

noun:

• Commander-in-Chief; C-in-C

noun:

• sand, ash, etc., thrown in the eyes to blind someone; throwing something at someone's eyes to blind them
• poking someone's eyes during a fight to blind them

noun:

• beginning character or characters that uniquely identify a poem in the Hyakunin Isshu (esp. used in competitive karuta) ➜ 百人一首【ひゃくにんいっしゅ】

noun:

• abandoning old people, usu. in the mountains

noun:

• kabuki in the style of Kyoto or Osaka ➜ 江戸狂言

noun / ~する noun:

• waiting for customers

noun:

• irregular conjugation (inflection, declension) of verbs ending in "nu" (in written Japanese) - abbreviation ➜ ナ行変格活用

noun:

• body heat from several people in close quarters; stuffy air

noun:

• flipping a table over in anger; overturning a table in anger ➜ ちゃぶ台

expression / godan ~ぶ verb:

• to fly in the air

noun:

• taking a relaxed holiday in a rural area - From English "green tourism"

noun:

• small fish bone stuck in one's throat - archaism

noun:

• (lying on one's belly and) basking in the sun; sunbathing (e.g. on a beach)

noun:

• something wrapped in cloth