noun:

• Edo-period business taxes - abbr of 運送上納 - abbreviation

noun:

• comic novel (Edo period)

noun:

• (Edo period) streetwalker

noun:

• (Edo-period) humorous literature

noun:

• (Edo period) foreign writings

noun:

• (Edo-period inn) maidservant

noun:

• (Edo-period) account book

noun:

• Edo-period Kansai dialect ➜ 江戸語

noun:

• copper coin (Edo period)

noun:

• Edo-period gold mint

noun:

• unlicensed prostitute (Edo period)

noun:

• rice tax (Edo period) ➜ 年貢米

noun:

• Edo-period business taxes ➜ 運上【うんじょう】

noun:

• cheek pouch (monkey, squirrel, etc.)
• iron mask that covers the chin and cheeks (worn by samurai)
• Anadara kagoshimensis (species of ark clam) - abbreviation ➜ 猿頰貝

noun / ~する noun:

• raid; military attack by a mobile unit; hit-and-run attack; search-and-kill mission; search-and-destroy mission; military action without a predetermined target; attacking the enemy or assisting allies as the opportunity arises

noun:

• shortstop; short - abbreviation - Baseball term ➜ 遊撃手

noun / ~する noun:

• staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first
• constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)

noun:

• daruma; tumbling doll; round, red-painted good-luck doll in the shape of Bodhidharma, with a blank eye to be completed when a person's wish is granted
• Bodhidharma
• prostitute

noun:

• during a period; while

noun:

• shower effect (theory that placing high-selling items on the upper floors of a department store will lead to increased sales in the lower floors) ➜ 噴水効果

expression / noun:

• fruits of one's wife's labour (in assisting her husband's career, e.g. by running the household)

noun:

• heliox; gas mixture of helium and oxygen; often hypoxic gas mix used by divers; medical gas used for its low density and easy breathing

noun:

• ornamental garden stone (seemingly placed randomly to give the garden a more natural appearance)
• sacrificed stone (in the game of go) ➜ 捨て駒

noun:

• traditional short winter coat resembling a haori without gussets ➜ 羽織
• livery coat ➜ 印半纏
• half the sky ［半天］
• mid-air; middle of the sky ［半天］

noun:

• photomontage; manipulated photo; photoshopped picture - slang - abbreviation ➜ コラージュ
• kora (West-African instrument)
• kora layer; layer formed from volcanic ash on the southern part of the Satsuma Peninsula - Geology term

noun:

• opposite side; bottom; other side; side hidden from view; undersurface; reverse side Antonym: 表【おもて】
• rear; back; behind
• lining; inside
• in the shadows; behind the scenes; offstage; behind one's back
• more (to something than meets the eye); hidden side (e.g. of one's personality); unknown circumstances; different side
• proof ➜ 裏付け
• opposite (of a prediction, common sense, etc.); contrary ➜ 裏をかく
• inverse (of a hypothesis, etc.)
• bottom (of an inning); last half (of an inning) - Baseball term Antonym: 表【おもて】