noun:

• castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord

noun:

• turret; watchtower
• high wooden stage; scaffolding
• wooden frame (of a kotatsu) ➜ 炬燵
• weapons storehouse - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• taking the podium; mounting the rostrum; going on stage to give a speech, etc.

noun / ~する noun:

• weather strip; weather stripping; sealing up (a window)
• putting on eyeliner (in theatre) ［目張り］

noun:

• clock to be placed on tables, bookshelves, etc. (as opposed to a watch)

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

• weak-willed; lacking a purpose; lacking will power to be patient, purposeful, or resolute - four character idiom

expression / noun:

• making matters worse; adding insult to injury; bees to a tearful face [literal] - idiom

noun:

• 3 fat-comma shapes arranged to form a circle
• 3-way struggle (wrestling, etc.) - abbreviation

noun:

• short-lived rule; being in power only for a brief period; brief championship - four character idiom

noun:

• form of hopscotch in which the player kicks a stone through the course

noun / ~する noun:

• beating someone up by ganging up on them; facing a barrage of criticism

noun:

• playing an entire composition without break; continually playing (in the background of a melody)

noun / ~する noun:

• contriving (to raise funds, to find time, etc.)
• working out (a solution)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to feel like an idiot; to make a fool of yourself

noun:

• ornately decorated horse used in processions of dignitaries
• horse led by a rope

noun / ~する noun:

• icing (on an aircraft, ship, etc.); ice accretion
• landing (a jump in ice skating) - Sports term

noun:

• cotyledon; seed leaf (i.e. the first leaves to emerge when a seed sprouts)

noun:

• dhyana-samadhi (meditative concentration) - Buddhism term
• ascetic practice atop a sacred mountain (in Shugendō) ➜ 修験道
• mountain top

noun / ~する noun:

• entry into the sanctum of a shrine or temple; access to the imperial court

noun:

• sweeping over (e.g. of a natural disaster); engulfing
• sweeping victory; clean sweep

noun:

• person whose presence is unwelcome, unnecessary or a nuisance; fifth wheel; third wheel; interloper

noun:

• grain thief; tool for extracting rice from a bag for sampling

noun:

• arrow with a whistle attached; whistling arrow used to signal the start of battle ➜ 嚆矢

noun:

• moving picture (i.e. a movie; term esp. used during the silent movie period) - obsolete term

noun:

• sleeping while on a sea voyage; falling asleep to the sound of the ocean