noun:

• inner pleat; the raising of fabric up in the middle to marry bottom edges of yukata and kimono

noun:

• the flourishing mid-Shōwa period (1960s and early 1970s) of peace, rapid economic growth, and life of ease - four character idiom

expression:

• missing important things here and there; full of gaps; as if the teeth of a comb were missing [literal]

noun:

• irregular conjugation (inflection, declension) of a limited number of verbs ending in "ru" (in written Japanese)

noun:

• conjugation (inflection, declension) of nidan verbs (resulting in a stem of either "i" or "u" for every conjugation)

noun:

• conjugation (inflection, declension) of nidan verbs (resulting in a stem of either "e" or "u" for every conjugation)

noun:

• irregular conjugation (inflection, declension) of a limited number of verbs ending in "ru" (in written Japanese) - abbreviation ➜ ラ行変格活用

noun:

• honeyeater (any of a number of long-tongued Australasian songbirds, esp. the cardinal honeyeater, Myzomela cardinalis)

noun:

• Shogitai (group of former Tokugawa retainers opposed to the Meiji government who fought in the battle of Ueno) ➜ 上野戦争

noun:

• Muraji (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to seventh highest of eight) - archaism

noun:

• (in China) 12th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. C sharp) ➜ 十二律・上無
• tenth month of the lunar calendar

noun:

• (in China) 11th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. C) ➜ 十二律
• ninth month of the lunar calendar

noun:

• brittle star (any starfish-like echinoderm of the order Ophiuroidea); brittlestar
• Ophioplocus japonicus (species of brittlestar)

noun:

• var. of pottery from Hyogo prefecture
• round balls made from eggs, flour, etc., (local food of Akashi)

noun:

• net for caught fish
• net-like tassel of Buddhist prayer beads
• Vespula flaviceps (species of yellowjacket) ［すがり］ - Tōhoku dialect ➜ 黒雀蜂
• ant ［すがり］ - Kyūshū dialect ➜ 蟻

adverb / ~と adverb:

• easily ［すかり］ - onomatopoeia

noun:

• Ganges shark (Glyphis gangeticus, rare species of fresh water requiem shark that dwells in the rivers of India)

noun:

• six external causes of illness in traditional Chinese medicine (wind, cold, fire/heat, dampness, dryness, heat of summer)

noun:

• public building; community building - colloquialism
• box-shaped item of furniture (e.g. chest of drawers, bookcase) ［はこもの］ ➜ 脚物
• boxed gift ［はこもの］

noun:

• the western part of Japan (esp. Kyushu, but ranging as far east as Kinki) - abbreviation
• western nations (esp. India or Europe)
• 33 temples in the Kinki area containing a statue of Avalokitesvara ➜ 西国三十三所
• a pilgrimage of these temples ➜ 西国巡礼

noun:

• official size of a tatami mat for measuring room size (esp. a Kyoto-size tatami mat) ➜ 京間
• basic rhythm (in traditional Japanese music) - Music term
• room (in a brothel) of a prostitute of the highest rank - archaism

noun:

• drawer
• withdrawal (of money from an account) - not 抽斗,抽匣
• variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu - not 抽斗,抽匣

noun:

• skin
• body (in the context of intimate bodily contact) ➜ 肌を許す

noun / suffix noun:

• surface; grain (e.g. of wood); texture
• disposition; temperament; character; type ➜ 肌が合う

noun / suffix noun:

• number; edition; make; model; issue; part of that group
• sobriquet; pen-name

suffix:

• suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.

noun / ~する noun:

• sidewise crawl (e.g. of a crab); crawling sideways ［よこばい］

noun:

• leafhopper (insect); jassid - usually written using kana alone
• sidewinder (Crotalus cerastes) - abbreviation - usually written using kana alone ➜ ヨコバイガラガラヘビ
• levelling off (of prices, etc.); stabilizing

noun:

• bowstring
• string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.)
• bail (arched pot handle) - esp. 鉉
• diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu - also written as 梁 ➜ 枡