noun:

• kindling burned in shrines and temples - archaism
• special kindling used in samurai families during the Edo period for the 15th of the first month and painted with 12 brush strokes (13 on a lucky year) - archaism
• kindling offered by officials to the imperial court during the ritsuryo period - archaism

noun:

• stage left (on a noh stage), in front of the chorus - obscure term ➜ 地謡前

noun:

• someone or something that just gets in the way; a burden ➜ 荷物

noun:

• standard measurement for the distance between pillars in eastern Japan (approx. 182 cm) ➜ 田舎間
• Kanto-size tatami mat (approx. 176 cm by 88 cm) ➜ 田舎間

conjunction:

• and in addition to that; even so

noun:

• day in the near future when a major event is expected to occur - colloquialism - From English "X-day"

noun:

• ratio of the margin of loss of an electoral candidate in a single-constituent district (used to break ties when determining the representative of a proportionally represented district)

noun:

• migratory bird that arrives in autumn (unknown species; perhaps a wagtail) - archaism ➜ 鶺鴒

expression:

• in a choked voice

noun / ~する noun:

• tossing oneself about in great pain; writhing in agony - four character idiom

noun:

• overcast sky in the rainy season

noun:

• logged in - IT term

noun:

• seafood cooked in a way that preserves its original shape

noun:

• first rank in the hierarchy of the government
• highest rank given to a shrine

noun:

• Asian woman working in Japan - derogatory term

noun:

• advertisement hanging in a train - abbreviation ➜ 中吊り広告

noun:

• rice ball wrapped in pickled leaf mustard greens ➜ 高菜・目を見張る

expression / ichidan verb:

• to have the end in sight; to see the mountains [literal] - idiom

noun:

• novel written in epistolary style

noun:

• 2nd in a sequence denoted by the iroha system; 2nd note in the diatonic scale (used in key names, etc.)

noun:

• in a bag or one's purse

noun:

• pot of chicken or seafood, and vegetables in a dashi broth, usu. cooked at the table (traditionally a winter meal); seafood and vegetable stew or chowder ➜ 寄せ

noun / ~する noun:

• living in tranquility; retiring to the countryside

noun:

• retirement house

expression:

• have a pain in one's chest

noun:

• break in the snow; patch of ground not covered in snow