adjectival noun / noun:

• being older or a senior; the first half of the year

noun:

• national or local pride; the pride of one's native place

noun:

• the smoke of guns and a rain of bullets or shells - four character idiom

godan ~す verb:

• to sift out; to screen or eliminate (candidates)

noun:

• a style of Chinese poetry; legend or inscription on a picture

noun:

• hair manicure; temporary hair dye or streaks

noun:

• anti-aircraft fire; shooting at an aircraft (from ground or ship)

noun:

• wrestling performed in the presence of the empress or crown prince - Sumo term

noun:

• stink of blood or meat; meat eating barbarian (i.e. Westerner)

noun:

• kanji "mound" or "small village" radical at left (radical 170) - e.g. left side of 防 ➜ 邑【おおざと】

expression / ichidan verb:

• to change facial expression or color (due to anger, embarrassment, etc.)

noun:

• celebration of the completion of a temple or shrine's construction

expression / godan ~ぐ verb:

• to be a willing cats-paw or tool for a person

noun:

• water glass (sodium or potassium silicate solution); soluble glass

noun:

• kanji radical "wa" or "covering" at top (radical 14)

noun:

• stone bathtub
• steam bath taken inside a cavern or stone chamber

noun:

• secret or hidden place
• female genitalia - euph.
• the underworld; the other world

noun / ~する noun:

• assumption of a suitable form (by a buddha or bodhisattva) - Buddhism term

suffix:

• someone with a liking or characteristic; a true representative of (place) - colloquialism ➜ 江戸っ子

noun:

• Myoken (bodhisattva; deification of the North Star or the Big Dipper) - Buddhism term

noun:

• divination (esp. one carried out with divination rods or sticks) ➜ 占い
• diviner

noun / ~する noun:

• act of joining a crowd or assembly of people; attendance

noun:

• spreading a piece of wet washing or paper on a board

noun:

• uphill path; path or slope that becomes slowly steeper

noun:

• woman employed in a restaurant, teahouse or teahouse offering sexual services ➜ 茶屋・色茶屋