noun:

• yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe) ➜ 湯帷子

noun / ~する noun:

• yell used to time or encourage activity (e.g. "Heave ho!", "On three ... One, two, three!" in English); enthusiastic shout from the audience (e.g. in kabuki); shouting (in concerts)

expression:

• in either case (used specifically in the instance of two possible outcomes or situations); either way; one way or another

noun / ~する noun:

• distortion (often used for caricature in manga, etc.); deformation - From French "deformer"

noun:

• ninja (persons in feudal Japan who used ninjutsu for the purposes of espionage, assassination, sabotage, etc.) ➜ 忍術

noun:

• pillow word (decorative word used prefixally in classical Japanese literature)
• preface; introduction

noun:

• ladies' bicycle (of a kind often used by housewives, usu. with a basket in front); granny bike ➜ チャリ

noun:

• bamboo stick used to strike meditators into greater wakefulness (in Zen Buddhism) - Buddhism term
• striking someone's wrist with one's index and middle finger - esp. しっぺ - usually written using kana alone

pronoun:

• you (primarily used by men in letters to their equals or inferiors) - polite language

noun:

• pressing the top of a pickle vat by hanging a weight on a staff, used as a lever (in Kyoto suguki pickle making) - obscure term

noun:

• dispel (esp. magic or potion used to return one's character to normal status in an RPG, etc.)

noun:

• curtained sleeping platform in shinden-style residences (used by people of high rank) ➜ 寝殿造り・帳台

noun:

• toad venom (used as an analgesic and cardiac stimulant in Chinese medicine)

noun:

• social organisation for people originating from the same town, village, or island who live in an urban center far from home (predominantly used by people from Okinawa)

interjection:

• here it comes (interjection used when lying in wait for something)
• oops!; damn it! ➜ しまった

noun:

• portable painting used as part of the backdrop (in kabuki, etc.)

noun:

• streamers (made of linen, paper, etc.) attached to a long pole (used as a wand in grand purification ceremonies) - archaism
• being in great demand

noun:

• boiled pine pitch and oil (traditionally used as a glue in archery, etc.)

noun:

• lek (communal ground used by birds in mating season); lekking

noun:

• mashed rice pressed on a cryptomeria skewer and toasted (used as dumplings in soups)

noun:

• XO sauce (spicy seafood sauce used primarily in Cantonese cooking)

noun:

• sea sand (sand collected from the ocean floor, as opposed to that which is used as an ingredient in concrete)

noun:

• constellation (in ancient China; important constellations were then used to divide the ecliptic into 28 "mansions") - obscure term ➜ 星宿【せいしゅく】

noun:

• wooden board used on the ridge-ends of a roof instead of an onigawara tile (sometimes covered in copper sheeting) ➜ 鬼瓦

noun:

• mountain language (euphemisms used by hunters, etc. when in the wild) ➜ 忌み詞