expression / adjective:

• (so ashamed or embarrassed that) one does not know where to put oneself; feeling out of place

noun:

• Fougere fragrance (family of scents including coumarin, oak moss, lavender, and geranium oil, used in perfumes)

noun:

• photographer, usually an amateur, who likes to take pictures of models and presenter ladies in exhibitions ➜ カメコ

noun:

• stupa-shaped stone distance indicators placed at intervals of one cho (approx. 109 meters) on a temple approach ➜ 町石

noun:

• traditional work song of Hokkaido herring fishery workers, performed by school students in modern choreographed interpretations

noun:

• 1932 Theses; Comintern policy documents urging overthrow of Japan's imperial and metayage systems

noun:

• bench (i.e. for bathroom); seat; small piece of furniture upon which one can sit on ➜ 腰掛け

noun:

• Scatophagidae; family containing four species in two genera of small Indo-Pacific fish commonly called scats

noun:

• rectangular bugaku mask made of thick paper and white silk with facial features drawn on it ➜ 舞楽

noun:

• thin cedar or cypress shingles (4.5-6 mm thick, used for shingling roofs of temples, shrines, etc.)

noun:

• mooncake; disc-shaped confection of wheat-flour dough filled with bean paste, usu. eaten during Autumn in China

noun:

• Dutch disease; decline in a country's manufacturing sector owing to increased exploitation of natural resources - Business term

noun:

• all terminals; winning hand consisting of only ones and nines as pungs or kongs plus a pair - Mahjong term - From Chinese

noun:

• scorch; burn; scorching
• burnt rice ➜ お焦げ【おこげ】
• part of ceramic glaze that has become dark or darkish-brown during firing

noun:

• opponents having won an equal number of sets (tennis, ping-pong); set count tied - Sports term - From English "set all"

noun:

• sand, ash, etc., thrown in the eyes to blind someone; throwing something at someone's eyes to blind them
• poking someone's eyes during a fight to blind them

numeric:

• four

noun:

• four years of age
• ten o'clock (old time system)
• cross grips - Sumo term ➜ 四つ身

noun:

• lodging; inn; hotel
• house; home; dwelling
• home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)

adjectival noun / noun:

• bright red; deep red; flushed (of face)

adjectival noun:

• downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter

noun:

• out (in baseball, tennis, etc.) - Sports term

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• outer; external; outside

expression:

• no good; out of line; unacceptable; failure

adjective:

• painful; bitter; heart-breaking; difficult (emotionally)
• tough; difficult; hard (usu. of situations) ➜ 辛い【づらい】
• cruel; harsh; cold

adverb:

• first (of all); to start with; about; almost; anyway; well; now
• hardly (with neg. verb)

noun:

• meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; effect
• goal; intent; object; aim; point ［趣旨］

noun / ~する noun:

• close examination; careful selection; testing; scrutiny
• examination of criminal charges
• reciting and appreciating traditional poetry - orig. meaning - archaism

noun:

• star (esp. television); personality - From English "talent"
• talent; skill
• talent; unit of currency in ancient Greece and Israel ➜ タラント