noun:

• diester (synthetic oil used as lubricant)

noun / ~する noun:

• personal meeting (esp. used by females) ➜ お目にかかる

noun:

• the continuative form when used as a conjunction

pronoun:

• you (often used by a wife addressing her husband) - slang ➜ あんた

noun:

• stretched dried abalone (used as a betrothal gift)

pronoun:

• self-deprecating first person pronoun used in letters - archaism - male language

noun:

• fine lead powder used for writing on lacquerware - obscure term

noun:

• tamagushi used at Ise Shrine's purification ceremonies - obscure term ➜ 玉串

noun:

• Japanese bigleaf magnolia bark (used in Chinese medicine) ➜ 朴の木

noun:

• bonang (small gongs used in the Javanese gamelan) - From Indonesian ➜ ガムラン

noun:

• style of jōruri narrative used for kabuki dances ➜ 浄瑠璃

noun:

• cross (used in a crucifixion)

noun:

• total number of words used (in a text)

noun:

• hourglass drum used in Nara-period court music ➜ 高麗楽

noun:

• bucket used for cleaning oneself in a bathhouse

noun:

• blackboard - 塗り板 is now obs. ➜ 黒板
• board used for lacquering ［ぬりいた］

noun:

• inn used for clandestine encounters between lovers - archaism

noun:

• low geta (once used when cleaning the garden) ➜ 駒下駄【こまげた】

noun:

• dried Swertia japonica (used as a traditional medicine) ➜ 千振

noun:

• arched beam used in shrine and temple construction

noun:

• long, thin-bladed knife used for sashimi preparation

noun:

• (warning) flare (esp. used on roads and railways)

noun:

• sweet potato variety (often used in shochu brewing)

noun:

• coin used during the Hōei period (ca. 1708)

noun:

• Sanuki accent, used in northern Shikoku