noun:

• salted rice-bran paste for pickling
• mashed green soybeans

noun:

• rice gruel served in temples for ten-night memorial services - Buddhism term ➜ 十夜【じゅうや】

noun:

• costume for women serving in the inner palace (Heian period) - archaism

expression:

• good match for an opponent; worthy (e.g. rival)

noun:

• license plate for small vehicles (e.g. subcompact car, motorcycle) ➜ 自動車登録番号標

noun:

• prisoner (for one to three years under the ritsuryo system) - archaism ➜ 徒【ず】

noun:

• vase - honorific language - Buddhism term
• vessel for water used in an esoteric Buddhist baptism - honorific language - Buddhism term ➜ 灌頂

noun:

• silk or leather container for paper handkerchiefs, medicine, toothpicks, etc. ➜ 鼻紙入れ

noun:

• silk or leather container for paper handkerchiefs, medicine, toothpicks, etc. ➜ 鼻紙袋

noun:

• horse carriage for old people and women in ancient China

noun:

• drying basket (e.g. for dishes)

noun / ~する noun:

• taking pictures (for a wedding, etc.) prior to the event

expression / ~する noun:

• (being) universally acceptable; suitable for all; popular with many people

noun:

• technique for catching gobies using a straw mat or basket - obscure term

noun:

• lye water (for making Chinese noodles)

expression:

• striving to adopt ascetic practices for one's whole life - Buddhism term

noun:

• brazier for warming one's cold fingers, esp. in spring

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving water in the bathtub (to use later for laundry)

noun:

• recommended route for tourists to follow - From English "model course"

noun:

• round bronze jar used for storing alcohol (Han dynasty China)

noun:

• threshold (lacking the grooves needed for a sliding door); sill - Architecture term ➜ 目草【まぐさ】

noun:

• goods buried during the ground-breaking ceremony for a temple - Buddhism term

noun:

• barbed metal weapon for catching criminals (Edo period)

noun / ~の noun:

• concern; sympathy; solicitude; consideration (for others)

noun:

• nature; disposition; temperament

noun:

• bath at a temple for the poor, sick and prisoners