noun:

• Japanese Western-style envelope (opening on the long dimension; numbered 0-7, each with different sizes)

noun:

• huqin (any Chinese string instrument played with a bow)
• biwa (4 or 5-stringed Oriental lute) - archaism ➜ 琵琶

noun:

• thinly cut hemp or paper mixed with rice (scattered as an offering to the gods) - archaism

noun:

• homophone; word with the same pronunciation and similar meaning as another but a different written form

noun:

• rolling (something); knocking down - abbreviation
• fishing with multiple hooks on a weighted line ➜ 転がし釣り
• repeatedly buying and selling

noun:

• orthographical variants; words with the same pronunciation and meaning, but different written forms; spelling inconsistency

noun:

• bi (ancient Chinese artifact; flat jade or glass disc with a circular hole in the centre)

noun:

• Ctenopoma; genus of freshwater climbing gouramies with terrestrial locomotion ability in the family Anabantidae

noun:

• traditional Japanese fire extinguisher (bamboo pole with a clump of rope attached at the end)

noun:

• interior closed room with heavily plastered walls in a Heian palace ➜ 寝殿造り

noun:

• briefly-boiled chicken breast (served cold and mostly raw as sashimi with wasabi-seasoned shoyu)

noun:

• Japanese curry with an additional topping (e.g. shredded beef, hayashi-rice sauce, etc.)

noun:

• single kanji that is read twice (with different pronunciations) in the Japanese reading of Chinese texts - e.g. 将 is read as「まさに...んとす」

noun:

• loco moco; Hawaiian dish, trad. white rice topped with hamburger patty, fried egg and brown gravy - Food term

noun:

• young woman who takes walks, etc. with male clients for a charge - From English "stick girl"

expression:

• having been told something so often that one is fed up with it - abbreviation - idiom - colloquialism ➜ 耳に胼胝ができる【みみにたこができる】

noun:

• karuta game in which players race to grab cards associated with a given reading ➜ カルタ・読み札・取り札

noun:

• bok choy (Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis; esp. cultivars with white stalks); pak choi; Chinese cabbage - From Chinese ➜ チンゲンサイ

noun / ~する noun:

• writing (an essay, prose, etc.); composition ➜ 作文【さくもん】
• formal writing with little real meaning

noun:

• large building; building with a long roof

suffix / counter:

• counter for buildings, apartments, etc.

noun:

• Japanese writing paper (lined with a square grid, one square per character)

adverb:

• surely; upon my word; by Jove
• (with neg) by no means; never

noun:

• shabu-shabu; thinly sliced meat boiled quickly with vegetables, and dipped in sauce - from the sound of this dish being prepared - onomatopoeia - Food term

noun / ~する noun:

• being familiar with; having a thorough knowledge of; being well-informed about

noun:

• shochu highball; cocktail of shochu with tonic water - abbreviation ➜ 焼酎ハイボール