noun:

• eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara); eastern provinces - archaism
• east - archaism
• six-stringed Japanese zither - abbreviation ➜ 東琴
• my spouse ［吾妻・吾嬬］

suffix:

• our gracious (e.g. Queen); honorific that attaches to name of a person or thing that has bestowed grace or favour upon you

noun:

• flurry of snow in a clear sky
• winter wind which brings scattered snowflakes or raindrops
• skin eruptions cause by a cold or fever ➜ 風ほろし

suffix:

• first-person plural (or singular) - humble language
• second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to) - derogatory term

adjectival noun / noun:

• poor correspondent; apparent disdain of (or trouble with) writing; someone who appears to dislike (or be poor at) writing

noun:

• pleasures of a pious life - Buddhism term
• entertainment for or dedicated to a deity or Buddha
• pastime; entertainment; amusement; pleasure
• free admission

noun:

• in calligraphy, an abbreviated or mistaken form of a character, or a work written in more than one calligraphic style

noun:

• miso soup with pork or chicken (originally boned chicken chunks) with daikon, carrots, great burdock or sweet potatoes; meat chowder

noun:

• echo; reverberation
• sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise
• quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound; emotion or feeling inspired by something heard or read

noun:

• Japanese word constructed of elements from one or more English terms; pseudo-English word or phrase coined in Japan; wasei eigo

noun:

• (crime of) incapacitated rape; crime of sexual assault against somebody who is intoxicated, asleep or otherwise unable to consent or resist - Law term

noun / ~の noun:

• preferential treatment; special favour or benefit; special favor or benefit

noun / ~する noun:

• engraving a woodblock or seal
• woodblock or seal engraver

noun:

• notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification ➜ 達し
• Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties ➜ 御触書

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to hold or carry under or in the arms
• to have (esp. problems, debts, etc.)
• to employ; to engage; to hire

noun:

• looking up a word or kanji by its reading (rather than by its radical or stroke count)
• katakana-hiragana prolonged sound mark - colloquialism ➜ 長音符【ちょうおんぷ】

adverb / ~する noun:

• roughly; approximately; loosely - onomatopoeia
• cutting or breaking apart with vigour - onomatopoeia
• deeply (cut or split) - onomatopoeia
• rough (woollens, etc., as adjectival phrase with (to)shita) - onomatopoeia
• sound of treading on pebbles - onomatopoeia

noun:

• this corrupt or degenerate world; this world or life; the world of mankind - Buddhism term

noun:

• public bath; communal bath
• public bath or hot springs maintained by the local community and free or low fee

particle:

• or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options)
• ... or ... - usu. in the form ...なり...なり
• as soon as; right after - after dictionary form verb
• while still; with previous state still in effect - after past tense verb

noun:

• half interchange (an interchange that lacks an exit or an entrance in either or both directions)

noun:

• twisted thread or yarn; twining of thread or yarn

noun:

• colour picture or painting; color picture or painting

particle:

• yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it? - used at sentence-end; indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical)
• or; whether or not - after each alternative
• some- (e.g. something, someone) - after an interrogative ➜ 何か
• hmm; huh - indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; sometimes after other particles ➜ とか

prefix:

• very - emphatic prefix; usu. before an adjective ➜ か弱い

suffix:

• -al; -ial; -ic; -ical; -ish; -y - suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; after an indeclinable word ➜ 定か

adverb:

• in that way - archaism

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