noun:

• sweet adzuki bean paste made of a mixture of mashed and whole beans

noun:

• video containing a slideshow of still images (usually of women) - From English "image video"

noun / adjectival noun:

• love of cleanliness; liking to keep things clean; tidiness (of people); neatness

noun:

• (metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto)
• the centre or seat (of) (center)
• (government) office

suffix:

• honorific suffix used after the name of a woman of equal or higher status - honorific language

noun:

• statue of a figure sitting contemplatively in the half lotus position (often of Maitreya) - Buddhism term ➜ 弥勒菩薩

noun:

• Sasamorpha borealis (species of bamboo grass unique to Japan) - archaism ➜ 篠竹【すずたけ】
• shoots of this plant

noun:

• small-scale version of the 88 temples of Shikoku (i.e. on Awaji Island) ➜ 四国八十八箇所

noun:

• genre of Heian-period Japanese court music (primarily consisting of gagaku-styled folk melodies)

noun:

• type of hanging scroll (made from paper of approx. 130cm x 30cm in size)

noun:

• draft of magazine's content (a table showing the allocation of each page)

noun:

• the art of giving a brief glimpse of something (e.g. one's underwear)

noun / ~と adverb:

• sound of the expulsion of soft matter mixed with water; diarrhea, etc. sounds; watery - onomatopoeia

expression / noun / ~する noun:

• loss of momentum or follow-through as a result of impact; getting knocked aside - Sports term

noun:

• there (place relatively near listener) ➜ 何処・此処・彼処
• there (place just mentioned); that place
• then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised)
• you - archaism

adverbial noun / noun:

• sixth month of the lunar calendar (approx. July) - obsolete term
• June; sixth month of Gregorian calendar

noun:

• triangles of sweet rice jelly topped with adzuki beans (eaten in the sixth month) - Food term

godan ~む verb:

• to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms)
• to put together; to construct; to assemble; to produce (e.g. TV program)
• to braid; to plait
• to grapple; to wrestle
• to unite; to join; to link up; to form an alliance
• to set (e.g. type)
• to issue (e.g. money order)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to curb; to hold in check
• to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb; to contain; to quell; to subdue; to suppress; to repress ➜ 押さえる【おさえる】

noun:

• setting off the night before one normally would have departed, travelling in a different direction, spending the night there, and leaving for one's destination in the morning (done to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction; a common practice during the Heian period) - archaism ➜ 方塞がり・方違へ所

noun:

• setting off the night before one normally would have departed, travelling in a different direction, spending the night there, and leaving for one's destination in the morning (done to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction; a common practice during the Heian period) - archaism ➜ 方塞がり

noun:

• bystander's vantage point; outsider's better grasp of the situation - four character idiom

expression:

• onlookers see more of the game than the players do; people watching a game of go see 8 moves further ahead [literal]

noun:

• bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts

adverb:

• completely (from the bottom of one's heart); truly

noun:

• middle of a field; middle of a country; field of contest

noun:

• member of the lower house; member of the House of Representatives

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to publish; to print; to carry (an article)
• to put up; to hang out; to hoist; to fly (a sail); to float (a flag, kite, etc.)
• to tuck up (e.g. sleeves); to roll up
• to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to adopt (a slogan)
• to stoke a fire; to fan a flame