noun / ~する noun:

• staying for two or more nights in a row (e.g. at a hotel)

noun:

• graduation concert (school, etc.)
• farewell concert for a group or band member

noun:

• party venue; place for a party; banquet hall

noun / adjectival noun:

• elegance; dandyism; sophistication; having style
• affectation; showing off; putting on an air; appearances; doing something just for show

noun / ~する noun:

• being lost for words; becoming speechless
• jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables) ➜ 五言絶句・七言絶句

noun / ~する noun:

• going through thick and thin to attain one's objective; enduring unspeakable hardships for the sake of vengeance - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• emotional attachment
• attitude (expressing emotion); meditative pose (e.g. an actor); posing for effect

noun:

• zun (ancient Chinese wine vessel, usu. made of bronze)

prefix:

• honorific prefix referring to the listener - archaism - honorific language

suffix / counter:

• counter for buddhas

noun:

• wardrobe (esp. for Western clothes); chest of drawers; clothespress; dresser; tallboy

noun:

• type of household amulet or talisman, issued by a Shinto shrine, hung in the house for protection

noun:

• recouping one's strength for a renewed attack (on); making another attempt with redoubled efforts - four character idiom

noun:

• unscrupulous business practice of making sales by posing as an inspector and declaring the need for replacement items

noun:

• postcards associated with Respect-for-the-Aged Day, and sold every year starting in September - From English "heart mail"

noun:

• one country, two systems (Chinese policy allowing for the communist mainland and capitalist areas such as Hong Kong)

noun:

• hemp yarn or linen thread woven into a coarse cloth used for mosquito nets, summer clothes, etc.

noun:

• Yagiri No Watashi (ferry that has been taking passengers across the Edo river for nearly 400 years)

noun:

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

noun:

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

noun:

• primness; prim person ［澄まし・清まし・清し・洗］ ➜ お澄まし
• clear soup - abbreviation ➜ すまし汁
• water for rinsing sake cups (at a banquet, etc.) ［澄まし・清まし・清し・洗］

expression:

• mnemonic for remembering the months with fewer than 31 days (ni, shi, mu, ku, etc.)

adjectival noun:

• selfish; with disregard for order or rules - archaism
• reckless; rash; careless - archaism
• loose; bawdy - archaism ➜ みだら
• irrational; illogical - archaism

noun:

• warm soba noodles (esp. for dipping, either served after being boiled, or cooled and then rewarmed) - Food term ➜ 盛り蕎麦

noun:

• kabusecha; mild green tea which has been lightly screened from sunlight for 1-3 weeks before picking ➜ 煎茶【せんちゃ】

noun:

• school building for housing an imperial photograph and a copy of the Rescript on Education (pre-war Japan)

noun:

• various containers; miscellaneous receptacles
• small wooden plate on which offerings for a Shinto home shine are placed