noun:

• southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south) - archaism - derogatory term
• South-East Asia - archaism
• Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies) - archaism ➜ 紅毛

prefix:

• exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style)

noun:

• (in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm) - usu.ナンバ
• food prepared using chili peppers or Welsh onions - abbreviation ➜ 南蛮煮【なんばんに】

noun:

• leader of a (large) group ➜ 小頭
• large decorative black flagpole tassel made from tail hair (of a yak, horse, ox, etc.) or dyed hemp ➜ 大纛
• leader of a (large) group
• puffbird (any bird of family Bucconidae) - usually written using kana alone
• first makushita rikishi listed on the banzuke - Sumo term

adverb:

• (what) the heck; (why) in the world; (who) on earth - before an interrogative, forms an emphatic question

noun:

• one object; one body; unity
• one form; one style
• one Buddhist image (or carving, etc.)

adverbial noun:

• generally; in general ➜ 一体に

expression:

• there is only the thickness of the boat's planking between one and perdition; on a boat, one is only an inch or two from a watery grave - proverb

noun:

• years (since the start of an era)

noun:

• apomictic; of or relating to a plant that reproduces by apomixis; related to reproduction without fertilization, meiosis or production of gametes, with the result that the seeds are genetically identical to the parent plant

adjective:

• slow; time-consuming; sluggish ［遅い・鈍い・遲い］
• late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); until a time far into the day or night ［遅い・晩い・遲い］
• later (than expected or usual); late; behind schedule; behind time; tardy; overdue; unpunctual ［遅い・晩い・遲い］
• too late; having missed the boat ［遅い・晩い・遲い］
• dull; stupid ［遅い・鈍い・遲い］ - archaism

noun:

• (Japanese) electoral system allowing for the election of from 3 to 5 candidates from one district ➜ 大選挙区制

noun / ~の noun:

• of the ukiyoe style

noun:

• killer technique; surefire assassination method
• special or lethal move, usu. one unique to a certain fighter or fighting style - Martial Arts term

noun:

• a style of Chinese poetry; legend or inscription on a picture

noun:

• processing trade (importing all or part of raw and auxiliary materials, parts, components, accessories, and packaging materials in bond from a foreign company, and re-exporting the finished products after processing or assembly for distribution and sale by that foreign company)

noun:

• buildings on the east and west side of the southern pond (in traditional palatial-style architecture) ➜ 寝殿造り

noun:

• part alternation mark (symbol indicating the following words are taken from a song or that the person saying the words is singing); Unicode U+303D symbol

expression / noun:

• the Four Freedoms (as defined by Franklin D. Roosevelt: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, freedom from fear)

noun:

• tea whisk; bamboo whisk for making Japanese tea
• hair style where the hair is tied up in a bundle on the back of the head (resembling the shape of a tea whisk)

suffix / ichidan verb:

• to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do ➜ 兼ねない

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features
• to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
• to hesitate to do something (out of consideration for others)
• to think of the future (as well as the present)

adverb:

• hence; from now; from the present moment; from this time forward ➜ 今まで

noun:

• carvings of the Kamakura style

noun:

• long "o" vowel arising from combination of the "o" and "u" or "e" and "u" sounds

noun:

• Muromachi (era 1392-1573, or 1333-1573, or 1336-1573)

noun:

• collection of haiku poems

noun:

• gathering of haiku poets

noun:

• critic of haiku poetry

noun:

• type of comic haiku