noun:

• stone-like socle (used as the base for a Buddhist statue)

noun:

• pattra (palmyra leaves used in Ancient India for writing upon)

noun:

• ancient Chinese chromatic scale (primarily used in Japan for gagaku, etc.) ➜ 雅楽

noun:

• yacon (Andean species of plant grown for its tuber; Smallanthus sonchifolius)

noun:

• Law Concerning Special Measures for Conservation of Lake Water Quality (1984)

noun:

• brushwood, etc. used as cultch for seaweed or oyster farming (culch)

suffix / counter:

• counter for loads (that can be carried on one's shoulders)

noun:

• Fuji School (archaic name for the Nichiren Shoshu branch of Buddhism) - archaism ➜ 日蓮正宗

noun:

• office in Heian Kyoto responsible for police and judicial duties - obscure term

noun / suffix noun:

• lord; god; goddess; honorific title for deities (and high-ranking people) - honorific language - archaism

noun:

• white powder for use on the neck (e.g. by geisha)

noun:

• rice-bran bag (used for scrubbing the skin when bathing)

noun:

• rice-bran bag (used for scrubbing the skin when bathing) ➜ 糠袋

noun:

• restaurant with a play area for children - From English "kids' cafe"

noun:

• fee paid for the services of a geisha or prostitute

noun:

• seven residential pavilions for court ladies (in the inner Heian Palace) ➜ 後宮

noun:

• pillow made from bamboo or cane (for use during the summer)

noun:

• three implements for worship (incense burner, flower vase and candle-stand) - Buddhism term ➜ 香炉・華瓶・燭台

noun:

• soy sauce flavoured with grated wasabi (used for sashimi, etc.)

noun:

• sweetened rice-flour cakes for offering at the Dolls' Festival

noun:

• straw boat for one's ancestral spirits to sail in

noun:

• cardboard tube for pouring concrete into on building sites

noun:

• license plate for registered vehicles (i.e. compact car or larger) ➜ 車両番号標

noun:

• spiderwort-dyed paper (used for making a rough sketch when dyeing)

noun:

• the four kinds of demons that make trouble for sentient beings - Buddhism term ➜ 煩悩魔・陰魔・死魔・天魔