noun:

• Cucurbita pepo; diverse species that includes many varieties of pumpkin, squash and zucchini ➜ ペポ南瓜【ペポカボチャ】

noun:

• unloading a barge
• small pieces of fried tofu
• palanquin that carried guests to and from the red light district

~と adverb / adverb:

• lapping (e.g. of waves against the shore) - onomatopoeia
• steadily (advancing); gradually (approaching) - onomatopoeia

~の noun / adjectival noun:

• sufficient (of the amount of liquid needed to cover a submerged object); just enough - often used adverbially as ひたひたに - onomatopoeia

~と adverb / adverb:

• speedily; promptly; quickly; smoothly - onomatopoeia - archaism
• closely; exactly - onomatopoeia - archaism

noun:

• meeting or association of stable masters belonging to the same grouping - Sumo term
• meeting or association of followers of a famous performer (in rakugo, etc.)

noun:

• standard motorcycle; naked bike; style of motorcycle having the engine exposed and visible

noun:

• foreign ship (esp. of Spanish and Portuguese ships arriving from the south prior to the Edo period)

noun:

• period of the northern and southern dynasties (in China, 5th-6th c. CE in Japan, 1336-92)

noun:

• six consciousnesses (i.e. functions of the six sense organs: seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, touching, and reasoning) - Buddhism term

noun:

• arm-barring force out; locking arms around an opponent and pushing him out of the ring - Sumo term

noun:

• new breed of humans (used to refer to the younger generation, who have different ideals and sensibilities)

noun:

• daggernose shark (Isogomphodon oxyrhynchus, species of requiem shark found in Trinidad, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and Brazil)

noun:

• yellow monitor (Varanus flavescens, species of asian carnivorous monitor lizard found in India, Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh)

noun:

• buildings on the east and west side of the southern pond (in traditional palatial-style architecture) ➜ 寝殿造り

expression:

• third climate of spring (when the ice breaks and fish start appearing near the surface) ➜ 七十二候

noun:

• Treaty of Non-Aggression between Germany and the Soviet Union (1939); German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact

noun:

• roadside land prices; price of land adjoining a major road, used to calculate inheritance and gift taxes

noun:

• over-demanding parent; parent who makes selfish and unreasonable demands on behalf of their child - abbreviation - From English "monster parent" ➜ モンスターペアレント

noun:

• calligraphy technique of holding the brush perpendicularly, lower arm raised, and elbow held away from the body ➜ 直筆【ちょくひつ】・懸腕

noun:

• way of holding a calligraphy brush, with elbow away from the body and arm in the air ➜ 懸腕直筆【けんわんちょくひつ】

noun:

• following one's master into death by committing ritual suicide (seppuku) ➜ 先腹

noun / adjectival noun:

• staunch (steadfast, single-hearted) in one's devotion to his master (lord) - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• staunch (steadfast, single-hearted) in one's devotion to his master (lord) - four character idiom

noun:

• someone who curries favor with their master while secretly plotting against him

noun:

• letters (characters) indicating the end of a movie (The End, Fin, etc.) - From English "end mark"
• indication of the end (of something)

noun:

• to enrol in a temple school; child enrolled in a temple school ➜ 寺子屋
• incarcerating a criminal in a temple as a form of punishment (popular during the latter Muromachi and Azuchi-Momoyama periods)
• to go to a temple and repent (following a disaster, etc.)