noun:

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

noun:

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

noun:

• elementary school textbook, used from late Heian to early Meiji periods - archaism

noun:

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

noun:

• dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye) ➜ 藍

noun:

• dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye) ➜ 藍

noun:

• flute used to lure green pheasants (imitates the pheasant's song) - obscure term

noun:

• gore; triangular piece of fabric, used for making skirts, umbrellas, etc. ➜ ゴアードスカート

expression / noun:

• Antikythera mechanism; ancient analog computer used for astronomical predictions - Astronomy term

noun:

• large lever used to control a train - From English "master controller"

noun:

• wooden board used for sounding clappers (kabuki) ➜ 附け打ち・附け木

noun:

• type of woolen fabric, esp. used for overcoats

noun:

• small folding knife with a rectangular blade used to sharpen pencils ➜ ミッキーナイフ

noun:

• mochi used for the celebration of a child's fiftieth day ➜ 五十日の祝

noun / ~する noun:

• having a hard time getting used to unfamiliar places (of children)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to stuff into; to jam; to cram; to pack; to fill; to plug; to stop up

ichidan verb / transitive / intransitive verb:

• to shorten; to move closer together

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to reduce (spending); to conserve

ichidan verb / transitive / intransitive verb:

• to focus intently on; to strain oneself to do - usu. as 根を詰める ➜ 根を詰める

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to work out (details)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be on duty; to be stationed

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to corner (esp. an opponent's king in shogi); to trap; to checkmate
• to cut off (one's finger as an act of apology); to catch (one's finger in a door, etc.) - the meaning "to catch one's finger" is predominantly used in Kansai ➜ 指を詰める

suffix / ichidan verb:

• to continue ...; to keep doing ... without a break
• to do ... completely; to do ... thoroughly
• to force someone into a difficult situation by ...

noun:

• first and second volume (e.g. of a book); volume one and volume two; book one and book two

noun:

• Act for Identification, etc. by Mobile Voice Communications Carriers of Their Subscribers, etc. and for Prevention of Improper Use of Mobile Voice Communications Services; Mobile Phone Improper Use Prevention Act - Law term

noun:

• hold in which both wrestlers obtain an underarm grip with the right hand and an overarm grip with the left - Sumo term

noun:

• spotted scat (Scatophagus argus, species of Indo-Pacific scat which occurs in green and red morphs); green scat; red scat

noun:

• lotus position (meditation and yoga posture); padmasana; sitting with legs crossed and feet placed on opposing thighs

noun:

• millet or rice cake, roasted and hardened with starch syrup and sugar (sometimes including peanuts, etc.)

noun:

• Okuninushi; deity of magic and medicine later viewed as equivalent to Daikokuten and celebrated at Izumo Grand Shrine ➜ 大黒天

noun:

• Okuninushi; deity of magic and medicine later viewed as equivalent to Daikokuten and celebrated at Izumo Grand Shrine ➜ 大黒天

noun:

• Okuninushi; deity of magic and medicine later viewed as equivalent to Daikokuten and celebrated at Izumo Grand Shrine ➜ 大国主命【おおくにぬしのみこと】