noun:

• something that will last a lifetime (esp. high quality product) ➜ 一生もの【いっしょうもの】

noun:

• family or brothel with a beautiful woman
• vermillion-lacquered mansion - orig. meaning

noun:

• doing or saying something a little stupid

noun:

• most hallowed grounds (of a sacred site in Okinawa) ➜ 御嶽【うたき】

noun:

• stupid brat; son of a bitch - derogatory term

noun:

• outer pot of a rice cooker ➜ 内釜【うちがま】
• outdoor bathwater heater ➜ 内釜【うちがま】

noun:

• doll onto which a child's misfortune is transferred - archaism

noun:

• technique for catching gobies using a straw mat or basket - obscure term

noun / ~する noun:

• actually tasting a food that one has heard of before

noun:

• single-layer absorbent bathrobe (worn during or after a bath) - archaism ➜ 湯帷子

noun:

• earning extra money (e.g. from a side job)

noun:

• evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine) ➜ 賢木

noun:

• having furigana on all kanji in a document

noun:

• newsworthiness; news hook; topicality; popularity (of a topic, issue, etc.)

noun:

• threshold (lacking the grooves needed for a sliding door); sill - Architecture term ➜ 目草【まぐさ】

noun:

• shopping area within a train station

noun:

• pork cutlet on rice in a lacquered box - Food term ➜ 重箱

noun:

• small castle with a simple earthen-walled moat - obscure term - archaism

noun:

• sidemen; supporting musicians (in a jazz band, rock group, etc.)

noun:

• cosplay (dressing in costume, esp. as a manga character, etc.) - abbreviation - slang ➜ コスプレ

expression / ~よい adjective:

• influential; powerful; popular; prosperous (when modifying a noun); doing well ➜ 羽振り

noun / ~する noun:

• establishment of a family registry (separate from one's parents')

noun:

• faint or blurry way of writing with a brush ➜ 渇筆【かっぴつ】

noun:

• goods buried during the ground-breaking ceremony for a temple - Buddhism term

noun:

• pile of poo shaped like a soft-serve ice cream