noun:

• lamp or electric light at the eaves of a house; door light

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to turn over soil; to dig or plow up (plough)

noun:

• public bathhouse
• building with a bath (esp. in a shrine or temple)

noun:

• stupid plan; inane way of doing something
• (one's own) plan or project - humble language

noun:

• flake; chip
• speck or flake used for the production of stone tools

expression:

• to have a comeback (i.e. a reason, or rationalization) for every remark - idiom

noun:

• clasp or ring for attaching a pendant to a chain

expression:

• In every game or play, differences in skill between individuals can be substantial - four character idiom

noun:

• confidence man; con man; company (or person) carrying out credit fraud

adjective:

• difficult to write or draw; does not write well (pen, brush, etc.)

noun:

• yunwei (secondary vowel or consonant following the primary vowel of a Chinese character)

expression / adjective:

• not worrying about one's reputation or appearance; not caring what others think

expression:

• knowing no bounds; showing no signs of stopping or slowing down

noun:

• alms-giver; person who donates to a monk or a temple; dana-pati

noun:

• late-autumn or early-winter dew
• "cold dew" solar term (approx. Oct. 8) ➜ 二十四節気

noun:

• foreign lands - derogatory term
• clans supposedly descended from foreign lineage (i.e. Chinese or Korean)

noun:

• defilement; impurity; affliction - Buddhism term
• object (perceived with the mind or the senses)

numeric:

• one billionth

noun:

• use of a verb or adjective conjugation (esp. ren'yōkei) as a noun ➜ 連用形

noun:

• the three tones of Chinese that exclude the high-level, or first, tone

noun:

• sliding or moving along a smooth surface with continuous contact on that surface

noun:

• treating someone (to food or drink); entertaining someone (as one's guest) - archaism

noun:

• mangrove (esp. the black mangrove, Bruguiera gymnorrhiza)
• tree with red leaves or flowers

noun:

• attaching (of seaweed or seed oysters) to nets for the purpose of cultivation

noun:

• fabric dyed, embroided or impressed so that the original fabric is completely covered

godan ~る verb:

• to be shrouded by darkness
• to fall into deep sadness or despair