noun:

• small gate in a mud or stone wall

noun:

• publication in a new format or binding; special edition ➜ 新装【しんそう】

noun:

• alliance of two countries or more under one ruler

noun:

• forest or grove of trees surrounding a residence

noun:

• authentic text (as opposed to a copy or duplicate) ➜ 正文【せいぶん】

noun:

• terminals; suited tiles numbered 1 or 9 - Mahjong term - From Chinese

noun / ~する noun:

• coming to a capital city (esp. Tokyo or Kyoto)

noun / ~する noun:

• accidental death (esp. while climbing mountains or being shipwrecked)

noun:

• wheat gluten (usu. steamed or baked) - polite language - Food term ➜ 麸【ふ】・生麩【なまふ】・焼き麩【やきふ】

noun:

• meat (esp. chicken) without bones, skin or excess fat

noun:

• hutong; narrow street or alley, esp. in Beijing - From Chinese

noun:

• kumis; kumiss; koumiss; fermented mare or camel's milk ➜ 馬乳酒【ばにゅうしゅ】

noun:

• padding (clothing or bedding); insulation; cotton wadding; stuffing (furniture)

noun:

• playing with a handicap of one rook or bishop - Shōgi term ➜ 駒落ち【こまおち】

noun:

• chef (Western cuisine)
• cook or waiter on a ship - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• downgrading; demotion; degradation; lowering of position (or rank, etc.) Antonym: 昇級

noun:

• shooto; martial arts competition leading to knockouts or submission - Sports term - From English "shoot"

expression / noun:

• red hakama (worn by miko or noblewomen at court) ➜ 紅の袴【くれないのはかま】

noun / ~する noun:

• live-action adaptation (of a cartoon or animated movie)

noun:

• lamplighter; town employee who lit oil or gas streetlights

noun:

• one's fame or achievements being passed down eternally - four character idiom

noun:

• pharmacy right outside a doctor's office or hospital

noun:

• doctor to a shogun or daimyo (Edo period)

noun / ~する noun:

• e-mailing or texting someone many times - colloquialism

noun:

• treating cloth before cutting to prevent shrinkage or expansion