noun:

• female student or graduate of Waseda University
• woman who allegedly pursues a career at the expense of love, feminine interests, etc. - derogatory term

ichidan verb:

• to blend; to mix thoroughly and evenly ➜ 馴染む
• to make fit in; to domesticate

expression / adverb:

• like; similar to
• as with; in the same way

noun:

• sorceress; medium; female fortuneteller ➜ 巫女【みこ】
• child from the city ［市子］ - archaism

noun:

• carpenter's square ➜ 曲尺
• common Japanese foot

noun:

• cheap literature; writing for amusement
• light literature popular in the late Edo period

noun:

• teapot-like object made typically of lacquerware and used to pour hot and cold liquids
• basin of water with two handles on either side used for washing one's face or hands ➜ 盥

noun:

• principal object of worship at a temple (usu. a buddha or bodhisattva); principal image; idol
• the man himself; the person at the heart of the matter - humorous term

~す verb (precursor to modern する) / intransitive verb:

• to close one's eyes; to sleep ➜ 瞑する
• to rest in peace ➜ 瞑する

noun:

• Christmas; Nativity ➜ キリスト降誕祭【キリストこうたんさい】
• celebration of the birthday of a saint or great man

noun:

• T; t

prefix:

• nth year in the Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25) ➜ 大正

noun / ~の noun / adjectival noun:

• middle way; (golden) mean; moderation; middle path

noun:

• the Doctrine of the Mean (one of the Four Books) ➜ 四書

noun:

• farmland - archaism ➜ 田地
• private farm estates from before the Taika reform - archaism

interjection:

• heigh-hoh; heave-ho ➜ どっこい
• used as a meaningless word in a song for rhythm ➜ どっこい

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to freeze to; to be frozen to
• to freeze in place; to be still

noun:

• weapons; arms
• fighting with swords; sword fight

noun:

• metallic foil cut into strips or other shapes to form decorative motifs
• cutting a thin sheet of metal into shapes and affixing it with lacquer forming natural features (e.g. clouds)

noun:

• country bumpkin - archaism ➜ 田舎者
• someone from the same part of the country - archaism

noun:

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

noun:

• sliding - Baseball term
• being just in time

noun:

• bride
• one's daughter-in-law

noun:

• Chagu Chagu Horse Festival (of Iwate Prefecture)
• small wooden horse toy with bells on its neck (made in Iwate Prefecture)

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to have something on someone; to catch someone out; to trip someone up; to have evidence; to get a lead - idiom
• to grab by the tail [literal]

noun / ~する noun:

• atonement

noun:

• the Atonement (of Jesus Christ)

noun:

• Bon Festival - esp. 精霊会 ➜ 盂蘭盆
• Buddhist service for the anniversary of the death of Shotoku Taishi (orig. the 22nd day of the 2nd month of the lunar calendar) - esp. 聖霊会