noun:

• restrictions on the use of colors by ranks of Heian era courtiers - archaism ➜ 許し色・黄丹

noun:

• Rikuentai; anti-shogunate army formed in Kyoto in 1867 by Nakaoka Shintaro

noun:

• unpopular man; man who isn't well-liked by women - slang ➜ 喪女【もじょ】

noun:

• forced labor imposed by the government (e.g. under the ritsuryo system)

expression:

• being besieged by suitors; to be popular; eight suitors for one daughter [literal] - idiom

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to do (something) to spite (someone); to rebuke indirectly; to make an insinuation; to have a dig at
• to make a display of affection (for each other); to show off a relationship

particle:

• too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence)
• both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence) - as ＡもＢも
• even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than - used for emphasis or to express absence of doubt regarding a quantity, etc.
• even if; even though; although; in spite of - often as 〜ても, 〜でも, 〜とも, etc.

adverb:

• further; more; again; another; the other - colloquialism - abbreviation ➜ もう

noun:

• guest room (at a hotel); guest cabin (on a boat); passenger cabin (on a plane)
• drawing room

noun:

• origin of a character
• composition of a Chinese character
• Chinese character from which a kana character is derived

noun:

• before a Buddha or a mortuary tablet ➜ 仏前
• offerings made to Buddha or placed on a mortuary tablet

adverb / ~の noun:

• more or less; somewhat; a little; a few; some

noun:

• amount; quantity

noun / ~する noun:

• boarding (a train, bus, etc.); getting into (e.g. a taxi)

counter:

• indicates position in a sequence ➜ 目【め】

noun:

• divisions of a kabuki performance

noun / ~する noun:

• nomination (of a person to a position); selection; election; assignment; appointment

noun:

• merciful eye (of a Buddha or a bodhisattva watching humanity) - Buddhism term

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over

noun / ~する noun:

• coming alongside a pier, quay, etc.; reaching land (of a boat)

noun:

• specimen prepared on a glass slide for use with a microscope - From German "Präparat"

noun:

• leopon (offspring born of a male leopard and a female lion)

noun:

• point along a (mountain) pass beyond which a horse cannot travel

noun:

• family of Shinto priests serving a shrine on a hereditary basis

noun:

• a style of Chinese poetry; legend or inscription on a picture

noun:

• public recitation right (e.g. reciting a poem in a bookstore)

interjection:

• oof (i.e. a grunt of effort)

adverb:

• a lot; plenty ➜ うんと

noun:

• a political settlement; settling (a dispute) politically (without resorting to force) - four character idiom