noun:

• starched white uniform worn by menservants of government officials - archaism
• something pasted with plain white paper (e.g. umbrella, lantern) ➜ 白張り提灯

noun:

• everyday language
• The Tale of the Heike - abbreviation ➜ 平家物語

noun:

• traditional short winter coat resembling a haori without gussets ➜ 羽織
• livery coat ➜ 印半纏
• half the sky ［半天］
• mid-air; middle of the sky ［半天］

noun:

• industrial reserve force
• the ranks of the unemployed

ichidan verb / expression:

• to be out of focus
• to be off the point; to not have got the point

adverb / ~と adverb:

• biting; gnawing - onomatopoeia
• in constant pain; irritated - onomatopoeia

noun:

• different seat; special seat; separate room
• temporary rank after merging of two separate rankings in 1930s - Sumo term

noun:

• thank you gift; gift given as thanks for a favor or for attending a funeral, etc.
• gift sent from a locality to a tax payer as part of the "furusato nozei" tax scheme ➜ ふるさと納税

noun / suffix noun / counter:

• serving (of food); helping

noun:

• chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce - abbreviation ➜ 盛り蕎麦

noun:

• washing ［洗い］
• sashimi chilled in iced water - Food term

adjective:

• emo; sad; melancholic - slang
• erotic in a disgusting way - pun on エロい and キモい - slang ➜ エロい・キモい

adverb / ~と adverb:

• completely; entirely; all - onomatopoeia
• in large amounts; a lot - onomatopoeia

noun:

• silver-gray hair; silver-grey hair - From English "romance gray"
• attractive older man with some gray hair

noun / ~の noun:

• ideal
• ideal in a ring (i.e. subset of a ring closed under addition and multiplication by elements of the ambient ring) - Mathematics term

noun:

• listener
• person with normal hearing (i.e. not deaf); hearing person

noun:

• stairs - はし refers to the stairs leading from a building to a garden ➜ 階段
• stairs at the front of a noh stage ［きざはし］

noun:

• family affairs; family business
• steward in charge of the affairs of a samurai family (middle ages)

noun:

• marriage by abduction; marriage by capture; bride kidnapping
• marriage where the person courted was already married

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to push (a thing) out; to jut out (can have a negative nuance); to protrude
• to rise out the trap door (on stage)

noun:

• black vinegar, usu. produced from unpolished rice
• charred kelp or shiitake mushrooms ground and mixed with vinegar, used to dress raw fish and vegetables

adverb:

• continuously; throughout
• in succession

noun:

• original spelling or kana usage
• spelling in original language (for words transliterated into another language or script)

noun:

• collection of treasures; collection of luck-bringing items
• pattern with drawings of several lucky items

noun:

• patience; perseverance
• ability of the common man to understand Buddhist teachings

noun:

• tatami room - polite language ➜ 座敷
• dinner party in a tatami room with a geisha or maiko ➜ 座敷