pronoun:

• I (mainly used by working men); myself

noun:

• characters used by Western civilization (esp. the Latin alphabet) - obscure term ➜ ローマ字

noun:

• self deprecating first person pronoun used by the elderly - archaism - male language

noun:

• low table used by speakers, professional storytellers, etc.; lectern

noun:

• type of long chopsticks used in the preparation of fish; type of long chopsticks used to hold the fish in carving knife ceremony

adverb:

• in turns; in series; in number order; by rotation

noun:

• national holiday (by law, any weekday that falls between two other national holidays)

noun:

• striking sparks with flint and steel or by rubbing sticks together (usu. to start a fire); fire lit by sparks from flint and steel, etc. ➜ 鑽る
• Shinto fire-purification ceremony - Shintō term

noun:

• ash glaze (type of fundamental glaze used in ancient times made from the ashes of raw materials such as unhulled rice, straw, oak and pine)

noun:

• catalpa bow; spirit bow; bow used to summon spirits, made of Japanese cherry birch, catalpa, or other wood - Shintō term

noun:

• being possessed (by a spirit); possessed person
• child or doll used as a vessel for a spirit invoked by a shaman or miko ➜ 憑坐【よりまし】

noun:

• smith's assistant; assistant who hammers in response to a master smith's signal
• large hammer (used by a smith's assistant)

expression:

• this way and that; (by) various means; (by) every means

noun:

• partition board; plank used as a partition
• board used in a ship to prevent the cargo from moving around

expression:

• look carefully where your own footsteps fall; seek enlightenment by knowing yourself and not by watching others; know thyself

noun:

• Red and White singing contest; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)

adverb / ~と adverb:

• gradually; little by little; in a breezy manner - onomatopoeia

adverb:

• soon; before long - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb:

• here and there; scattered - onomatopoeia

noun:

• spots; dots; pimples; rash - onomatopoeia

expression:

• financially ruining oneself by overindulging in food and drink (as a fabled tendency of the people of Osaka) ➜ 京の着倒れ・食い倒れ

conjunction / expression:

• in other words

expression:

• in other words

noun / ~する noun:

• in other words

noun:

• side; flank ➜ 横腹【よこばら】
• illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife

noun:

• feelings toward other people; sensitivity to other people's feelings; feelings one gives to other people through interpersonal relationships - four character idiom

noun:

• other nations; other peoples

noun:

• other parties; other forces