noun:

• four-in-hand (type of necktie)

noun:

• highest ranking prostitute in Yoshiwara (from the Houreki era onward) ➜ 宝暦【ほうれき】

noun:

• cross in a circle

noun:

• scheme in which a man and woman trick another man into a compromising situation for blackmail; badger game

noun / ~する noun:

• bathing (swimming) in cold water

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to shut oneself up in one's study

noun:

• wedge marks in stone (usu. remaining from stone-splitting, now used for visual effect) - obscure term ➜ 矢【や】

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to take in; to attract

noun:

• dried citrus peel (esp. of a satsuma mandarin) used as seasoning and in traditional Chinese medicine; chenpi ➜ 蜜柑

noun:

• foods abstained from in hopes of having one's desire granted

noun:

• having free time to spare in the midst of busyness; leisure in the intervals of one's work - four character idiom

adjectival noun:

• quiet and subdued in appearance; solemn; sad and depressed in manner; soft; gentle

noun:

• beast in human form - four character idiom

noun:

• in calligraphy, a style of holding the brush between the thumb and index finger ➜ 双鉤法

noun / ~する noun:

• moderation in smoking

noun:

• tub used to collect feces in an outhouse ➜ 便壺

noun:

• rate in foreign currency

noun:

• game in which the object is to topple the opposing team's pole

noun:

• Kyoto-style chopped vegetables pickled in salt with red shiso leaves - Food term

noun:

• accidents in line of duty

expression / ichidan verb:

• to economize in the household (economise) - obscure term ➜ 締める【しめる】

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to spend all of one's time in idle amusement

expression:

• in a relationship

noun:

• pornographic magazine or book sold wrapped in plastic - from ビニール and 本

noun:

• consonant p in Japanese - Linguistics term ➜ 濁音【だくおん】・清音【せいおん】・半濁点【はんだくてん】