noun:

• bonus paid to sports people for excellent performance - From English "talent money"

noun:

• bath, often at ryokan, where you can reserve time for private bathing

noun:

• wooden rack with shoulder straps for carrying loads on one's back - archaism

noun:

• fraud based on demanding payment for false claims or non-existent bills

noun:

• (ritsuryo system) teacher responsible for training in astronomy, astrology, calendar-making, etc. - archaism

noun:

• morning meal (for priests, monks, etc.) - Buddhism term
• food offering at a Buddhist ceremony

noun:

• ceremony for appointing officials other than ministers (from the Heian period)

noun:

• someone who became a teacher for lack of anything better to do - slang - derogatory term

noun:

• improper billing; illegal charge; false claims (e.g. for health insurance reimbursement)

adjectival noun / ~する noun:

• obviously known; open secret; clear for all to see; being found out - from もろに and ばれる - colloquialism - idiom

noun:

• decorated pottery container for storing the bones of one's ancestors (Okinawa) - called じ〜しか〜み or じ〜しが〜み in Okinawa ➜ 厨子

noun:

• five gates of mindfulness: worship, praise, vows, observation, prayers for the dead - Buddhism term

noun / ~する noun:

• placing (an ad); submission of advertising copy
• sending a manuscript for printing

noun:

• schmaltz; schmalz; rendered chicken, goose, or pork fat used for frying, etc. - Food term

expression / noun:

• difficult person; good-for-nothing; pain in the ass (arse)

noun:

• desire for a fire that comes with the cold of autumn

noun:

• pieces of young pepper tree branch (used medicinally or for pickling)

noun:

• Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (in Japan); SCAP

noun:

• one drink minimum (condition for using a karaoke bar, etc.)

noun:

• connection; relationship
• origin; reason; cause
• motive (e.g. for an act)

noun:

• young person with a monkey-like face (nickname for Toyotomi Hideyoshi)

noun:

• Charis; Grace; minor goddess of charm, beauty, etc. - From Greek ➜ 三美神
• chalice (for Holy Communion) - early Japanese Christian term - From Portuguese ➜ 聖杯

noun:

• intensive deliberation
• televised parliamentary debate for an important issue (esp. the budget)

noun:

• foot towel; cloth for wiping the bottoms of one's feet

noun:

• to think or act fairly without concern for one's own benefit - four character idiom