noun:

• medley (of food, songs, etc.)
• (snow or sand) drift

noun:

• loose morals (e.g. of a geisha); easy virtue ➜ 不見転芸者【みずてんげいしゃ】
• impulse; whim

noun:

• (historical) government-backed school operated by a scholar out of his home

adjectival noun / noun:

• becoming an adult or full-fledged member of (a) society ➜ 一人前

noun:

• superficial (shortsighted) way of thinking; half-baked (foolish, ill-advised) idea - four character idiom

noun:

• foreword to a collection of poems; preface; explanatory notes; captions

noun / ~する noun:

• adaptation (e.g. of a poem or novel); rewriting; recasting; modification; rehashing - four character idiom

noun:

• rumour (of a love affair); rumor; romance; scandal ［浮き名・浮名］
• bad reputation - archaism

noun:

• first meal (including meat or fish) taken after a period of abstinence

noun / ~の noun:

• small pieces; fragments
• chopped meat; scraps (of beef, pork, etc.)

noun:

• festive poem or song
• congratulatory form (of waka) ➜ 六義

noun:

• something done out of spite; snide remark; insinuation; innuendo; dig

noun:

• Edo-period popularized blend of Buddhist, Shinto and Confucian ethical teachings (popularised)

noun:

• drink made of boiled water poured over preserved cherry leaves and blossoms

noun:

• (historical) banishment from one's residence as a form of judicial punishment

noun:

• hana awase (type of hanafuda game) ➜ 花札
• flower-comparing contest (Heian period) ➜ 花競べ

expression / adjective:

• overly concerned with domestic affairs; having an air of domesticity

noun:

• standing (for a long period of time); continuing to stand

noun:

• one full game (consisting of east, south, west, and north rounds) - Mahjong term - From Chinese "yizhuang" ➜ 半荘

noun:

• older brother - honorific language

pronoun:

• you (in ref. to male of greater age or status) - epistolary style - honorific language ➜ 小弟

noun:

• spinning top (traditionally made of Japanese babylon shell)

noun:

• term of validity; period for which (a ticket) is available (valid)

noun / ~する noun:

• lover's whispers; sweet nothings; whispered intimacies

noun:

• babbling (of a baby); babble

noun:

• very small amount of money; penny; cent; nickel; dime

noun / ~する noun:

• focus of one's attention (on a specific field); commitment to something