noun:

• game of chance similar to rock, paper scissors, where the different hand gestures symbolize a fox, a hunter and a village head

noun:

• mamba (snake of the genus Dendroaspis)
• yamanba; manba; girl or young woman adhering to a fashion trend often characterized by extremely gaudy and colourful facial make up, heavily tanned skin and hair dyed in a bright hue - abbreviation ➜ ヤマンバ

noun:

• lower reaches (of a river) Antonym: 上【かみ】
• bottom; lower part
• lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); urine; menses
• end; far from the imperial palace (i.e. far from Kyoto, esp. of western Japan)

~の noun:

• dirty (e.g. dirty jokes, etc.)

noun:

• traditional style of Japanese architecture with a steep thatched roof

noun:

• type of Japanese woman's hairstyle using a hairpin (Edo period)

noun:

• type of Japanese woman's hairstyle using a hairpin (Edo period) ➜ 笄髷

noun:

• snowrose (Serissa japonica); tree of a thousand stars; Japanese boxthorn

pronoun:

• I; me
• oneself ［われ・わ］
• you ［われ・わ］ - archaism

prefix:

• prefix indicating familiarity or contempt ［わ］ - also 和 - archaism

expression:

• small bag and young woman [literal]
• like a small bag seems to be able to contain few items yet can be stuffed with many, a young woman seems inexpensive to bring up yet can end up costing a lot
• a young woman and a small bag are both fragile and great care must be taken with both of them

noun:

• distance of eight sun (approx. 24 cm)
• dish or tray of this size (esp. used in kaiseki cuisine to serve several kinds of delicacies); food served in such a dish
• var. of thick, traditional Japanese paper

noun:

• liger (offspring of a male lion and a female tiger) ➜ タイゴン

noun:

• storage chest for a suit of armour and a helmet

noun:

• great strength and energy (of a mighty hero); Herculean strength and vitality - four character idiom

noun:

• foreign (Western) breed of dog

noun:

• history of the Western world

noun:

• round collar (of Western clothing)

noun:

• Western Zhou (dynasty of China) ➜ 周

noun:

• Western Han (dynasty of China) ➜ 前漢

noun:

• stripe-tailed goanna (Varanus caudolineatus, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to the forests of Western Australian)

noun:

• cafe; coffeehouse - From French
• hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)

noun:

• soup served at the end of a traditional Japanese dinner; last soup served in a Kaiseki course (often miso soup) ➜ 会席料理

noun:

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

noun:

• tigon (offspring of a male tiger and a female lion); tiglon ➜ ライガー

noun:

• statute of limitations; lapse of rights after a period of time; prescription (including acquisitive and extinctive prescription)
• becoming invalid or void after a set time
• ageing; aging - Chemistry term ➜ 時効硬化

noun:

• bulbil (esp. of a Japanese yam); propagule; brood bud