noun:

• (act of) taking a graduate school entrance examination ➜ 大学院入学試験

noun:

• bamboo fence that resembles a fishing net - obscure term

noun:

• brute force approach (esp. in a video game) - colloquialism

noun:

• center of a flower (centre); pistils and stamens

noun:

• party appointee in a safe constituency; parachute candidate [literal]

noun:

• subordinate of a hired thief-taker (Edo period) - archaism ➜ 岡っ引き

noun:

• cloth dyed in a dapple pattern ➜ 鹿の子

noun:

• style of a haikai or haiku poem ➜ 俳諧・俳句

noun:

• leather strap put across a horse's neck - archaism

noun:

• pistil (of a flower) ➜ 雌しべ【めしべ】
• stamen ➜ 雄しべ【おしべ】

noun:

• upper branches of a tree ➜ 下枝

noun:

• plover on the riverside; plovers near a river

noun / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• anticipation; expectation

noun:

• looking over (e.g. a fence)

noun:

• capstone in a cist (archaeology); dolmen burial chamber

noun:

• mud wall with a roof - archaism ➜ 築地【ついじ】

noun:

• jobs available section (e.g. in a newspaper)

noun:

• bucket used for cleaning oneself in a bathhouse

noun:

• female prostitute working at a bathhouse (Edo period) ➜ ゆな

noun:

• female prostitute working at a bathhouse (Edo period) ➜ 風呂屋者

noun:

• obi with a different colour on each side ➜ 昼夜帯

noun:

• kabuki actor who is also a male prostitute ➜ かげま

noun:

• cleaning out mud from a ditch or drain

expression / ~と adverb:

• bringing up (one's daughter) like a princess

noun:

• female narrator in a silent movie theatre

noun:

• citizens of a local area or region - obscure term ➜ 地元民