expression / ichidan verb:

• to do something with painful reluctance; to have one's hair pulled from behind [literal] - idiom

noun:

• pattern of Japanese accent with the first mora high and the following ones low

noun:

• pattern of Japanese accent with the last mora high and the succeeding particle low

expression:

• not knowing what to do with the time one has on one's hand

noun:

• quick bread; bread made with baking powder instead of yeast

noun:

• Purple Forbidden Enclosure (group of constellations in the northern sky associated with the emperor) - abbreviation ➜ 紫微垣

noun:

• Purple Forbidden Enclosure (group of constellations in the northern sky associated with the emperor)

noun:

• dip (angle that the direction of a compass needle makes with the horizon)

noun:

• low entrance (usually, but not always, to a teahouse) with a tiled archway overhead

noun:

• anticipating the escape of the king and blocking him in advance with a knight - Shōgi term

noun:

• Inula japonica ［おぐるま］ - archaism
• small cart; small carriage - archaism ➜ 牛車
• wheeled palanquin (with a castle-shaped box) ［こぐるま］ ➜ 輦車

noun:

• stroll garden with a central pond; large garden best enjoyed by walking around it ➜ 座観式庭園・池泉回遊式

noun:

• high-quality glossy white habutai silk ➜ 羽二重
• raw silk twill fabric with fine diamond pattern

noun:

• high-quality glossy white habutai silk ➜ 亀綾
• raw silk twill fabric with fine diamond pattern ➜ 亀綾

noun:

• roasted barley flour ➜ 麦こがし
• parched flour with various ingredients added and drunk in hot water

noun:

• deep bathtub with a water-heating tank; bathtub heated from below ➜ すいふろ

expression:

• I'm not so sure; I can hardly say with any finality that ...

noun:

• ancient Japanese poetry form with three verses in a 5-7-7 moraic pattern

noun:

• Tokyo Skytree; broadcasting tower with observation deck in Sumida ward, Tokyo, Japan

noun:

• insoluble azo dye that is cooled with ice during dyeing; ice color ➜ 氷染染料・ナフトール染料【ナフトールせんりょう】

noun:

• broiled eel on rice with green tea poured on top ➜ 茶漬

noun / ~と adverb:

• sound of the expulsion of soft matter mixed with water; diarrhea, etc. sounds; watery - onomatopoeia

noun:

• rice paddy with a thick layer of mud at the bottom; muddy rice field

noun:

• short skirt for playing tennis, etc.
• skort; shorts with an attached skirt-like flap

noun:

• croque-madame; croque-monsieur with a fried or poached egg - From French ➜ クロックムッシュ