noun:

• Chinese bamboo; bamboo imported from China (often used to make flutes) - archaism

noun:

• foreign lands - derogatory term
• clans supposedly descended from foreign lineage (i.e. Chinese or Korean)

noun:

• Imperial Shrine of Special Status (receiving some support from the Imperial Household Department) - obsolete term ➜ 官幣社

noun:

• loaner vehicle (e.g. from a garage which is repairing one's vehicle)

noun:

• Dumeril's monitor (Varanus dumerilii, species of carnivorous monitor lizard from Southeast Asia)

noun:

• foreign religion (from Japan's perspective, esp. Christianity) ［がいきょう］
• religion other than Buddhism - esp. げきょう - Buddhism term Antonym: 内教

noun:

• small boat used for unloading goods from a large boat anchored nearby

noun:

• red vinegar made from fermented sake lees - Food term
• plum vinegar with perilla leaves added - Food term ➜ 白酢

noun:

• daily life noise; household noises; noise that arises at home from everyday occurrences

noun:

• band of warriors (often formed from related or dependent families); group of samurai

noun:

• employer from whom one has received a unofficial offer of employment; prospective employer

noun:

• hoverboard; hover board; fictional hovering skateboard from the Back to the Future series

noun:

• spot removal, esp. from the skin - usu. シミ取り ➜ 染み【しみ】
• spot remover (carpets, etc.) - usu. 染み取り ➜ 染み【しみ】

expression / noun:

• person who steals money from the workplace; embezzler; untrustworthy person

expression / godan ~ぶ verb:

• (for a conversation) to wander from the subject; to get off track

noun / ~する noun:

• preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; inducement to stay
• being stranded; grounding
• level dyeing ［足留め・足留］

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving one's seat (before an event is over); excusing oneself (from a meeting, conversation, etc.)

noun:

• high decorated building
• picture-perfect mansion; stately home that looks as if it were from a painting

noun:

• light, thin, single-layer kimono (esp. from hemp or raw silk, for summer use)
• shroud; burial clothes - abbreviation ➜ 経帷子

noun:

• having sticky fingers; compulsive thievery
• habitual movement of one's hands
• marks from being handled often

noun:

• modal shift (esp. changes in freight transport, e.g. from air to sea)

noun:

• water-filled bamboo tube which clacks against a stone when emptied; device for scaring birds from gardens ➜ 添水

noun / ~する noun:

• killing oneself by jumping (e.g. from a tall building); plunging to one's death

interjection:

• buh-boo (from sound of 'wrong' buzzer in quiz shows, used when somebody says an incorrect answer) - colloquialism Antonym: ピンポン

noun:

• kousso (vermifuge made from pistillate brayera flowers); kosso; cusso; koso - obscure term ➜ 苦蘇