noun:

• separates; things forming units by themselves (esp. women's outer garments, e.g. skirt and jumper) ➜ コーディネート
• two-piece bathing suit

noun:

• carriage beautifully decorated with gold, silver, gems, etc., for use by Heian era nobles at festivals and like activities

noun:

• eight hereditary titles (designated by Emperor Tenmu in 684 CE: Mahito, Asomi, Sukune, Imiki, Michinoshi, Omi, Muraji, Inagi) - archaism

noun:

• long interlude (in folk songs or koto music)
• wiles (e.g. used by a prostitute to lure customers); finesse; trick

noun:

• another person; other people; others ➜ 人【ひと】
• unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood) ［たにん］
• outsider; stranger ［たにん］

adverb:

• please; kindly; I beg of you; if it pleases you - humble language ➜ どうぞ
• by all means; without fail ➜ どうぞ

noun / ~する noun:

• drag

noun:

• drug; medicine
• (illegal) drug; narcotics

~する noun:

• to highlight (e.g. by click-dragging a cursor over text) - IT term

noun:

• mountain folk; hermit
• mountain wizard ［やまびと］ ➜ 仙人
• word used as part of a pseudonym by artists, writers, etc. ［さんじん］

noun:

• palanquin set with jewels
• money and social status gained by marrying a rich and powerful man ➜ 玉の輿に乗る【たまのこしにのる】

noun:

• temporary manifestation by a buddha (in order to save people); manifested form (often a Shinto deity) - Buddhism term ➜ 本地

noun:

• ladies' bicycle (of a kind often used by housewives, usu. with a basket in front); granny bike ➜ チャリ

noun:

• fraudulent sale of exorcism services (to people led to believe that they are possessed by evil spirits) - four character idiom

noun:

• large ginkgo tree
• ginkgo-leaf top-knot worn by makuuchi and juryo division wrestlers - Sumo term

expression:

• talk is cheap; it's easier to say than to do; building Osaka Castle by talking [literal] - proverb

noun:

• manga cafe; coffee shop with a manga library (usu. has Internet facilities and charges by the hour) - abbreviation ➜ 漫画喫茶

noun:

• aligning one's chopsticks by tapping them on the table, a dish, etc. (a breach of etiquette)

noun:

• sleeping quarters; bedroom (mainly refers to one used by a married couple)
• inner room; inner sanctum

expression:

• financially ruining oneself by buying too many clothes (as a fabled tendency of the people of Kyoto) ➜ 大阪の食い倒れ・着倒れ

noun / ~の noun:

• near point (closest point at which an object can be brought into focus by the eye) ➜ 遠点【えんてん】
• periapsis - Astronomy term ➜ 遠点【えんてん】

noun:

• far point (farthest point at which an object can be brought into focus by the eye) ➜ 近点【きんてん】
• apoapsis - Astronomy term ➜ 近点【きんてん】

expression:

• baby-making machine (famously used by Health, Labour and Welfare Minister Yanagisawa Hakuo to refer to women)

noun:

• sexual intercourse permitted (by a woman) due to a sense of obligation (rather than desire) - slang

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to become accustomed to calling (e.g. someone by a certain name)

noun:

• Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace ➜ お達し【おたっし】

noun:

• second blooming (in a season); reflowering; reflorescence ➜ 返り咲き【かえりざき】
• return to working by a prostitute, kabuki actor, etc. - archaism