noun:

• lye water (for making Chinese noodles)

expression:

• striving to adopt ascetic practices for one's whole life - Buddhism term

noun:

• brazier for warming one's cold fingers, esp. in spring

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving water in the bathtub (to use later for laundry)

noun:

• recommended route for tourists to follow - From English "model course"

noun:

• round bronze jar used for storing alcohol (Han dynasty China)

noun:

• threshold (lacking the grooves needed for a sliding door); sill - Architecture term ➜ 目草【まぐさ】

expression / noun:

• scum of society; good-for-nothing; vermin

noun:

• goods buried during the ground-breaking ceremony for a temple - Buddhism term

noun:

• barbed metal weapon for catching criminals (Edo period)

noun / ~の noun:

• concern; sympathy; solicitude; consideration (for others)

noun:

• nature; disposition; temperament

noun:

• bath at a temple for the poor, sick and prisoners

noun:

• stitching chisel; pricking iron; multi-prong punch for leather-craft

noun:

• vinegared water, used for dampening the hands when making sushi - Food term ➜ 酢水

noun:

• ivory-like plastic (used for mahjong tiles, shogi pieces, etc.)

noun:

• path staked out for one (by somebody else) - idiom

prefix noun / ~の noun:

• person working for someone else (followed by job title); hired

expression:

• you can't judge someone until you've spent time with them; you can't judge something until you've tried it; judge a man by living with him, and try a horse by riding him [literal] - proverb

expression:

• you can't judge someone until you've spent time with them; you can't judge something until you've tried it; try a horse by riding him, and judge a man by living with him [literal] - proverb ➜ 人には添うてみよ馬には乗ってみよ【ひとにはそうてみようまにはのってみよ】

adjective:

• wanted; wished for; in need of; desired ➜ 欲しがる

auxiliary adjective:

• I want (you) to - after the -te form of a verb - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• piece; slice; strip; scrap
• cloth - also written as 布, 裂
• sharpness

counter:

• counter for scraps, pieces, etc.

noun:

• pillar; post
• support; prop; mainstay

suffix / counter:

• counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.

adverb / ~と adverb:

• decisively; decidedly; boldly; once and for all; unreservedly; frankly - onomatopoeia
• precisely; exactly - onomatopoeia

counter:

• counter for tatami mats
• measure of room size (in mat units)

noun:

• Zhou (dynasty of China); Chou
• perimeter - Mathematics term

suffix noun / counter:

• counter for laps or circuits