noun:

• bamboo stick used to strike meditators into greater wakefulness (in Zen Buddhism) - Buddhism term
• striking someone's wrist with one's index and middle finger - esp. しっぺ - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• spaceman ➜ 宇宙飛行士【うちゅうひこうし】
• person who works with advertisements in trains, stations, etc. - From English "space man"

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to feel comforted; to be in good spirits; to feel better; to forget one's worries

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to trifle with; to fool around with

noun / ~する noun:

• humbly presenting; respecfully presenting

expression:

• with the author's compliments - when giving a book, etc.

noun:

• making great haste, having been caught off guard; scurrying unprepared
• rushing to an emergency with sword in hand, not having had time to affix it at the waist

noun:

• tie-dyeing - archaism - obscure term
• heraldic design of a square with a hole in the center - obscure term

noun:

• scarlet kadsura (Kadsura japonica) ➜ 実葛【さねかずら】
• white sash tied around the head, with ends hanging down and tucked into belt, worn in kyogen to indicate a female character being played by a man

noun:

• public bathhouse
• building with a bath (esp. in a shrine or temple)

noun:

• colored shirt - From English "color shirt"
• shirt with a collar - From English "collar shirt"

noun:

• dormitory; dorm; residence hall; student residence ➜ 寮【りょう】・学生寮【がくせいりょう】
• multi-bed room shared with unrelated travelers (e.g. in inexpensive guesthouse)

noun:

• minigame; mini game; subgame; microgame; short and simple video game
• practice game, usu. with reduced players - Sports term

noun:

• light; lamp ［灯］
• baiting deer with a lighted torch - esp. 照射

noun:

• brown meat (crab); miso-like paste found inside a crab's (and arthropods in general) intestinal area
• miso mixed with crab innards or scraps

noun:

• dogfight
• play-off with 3 wrestlers participating - Sumo term

noun:

• black beard
• type of noh mask with a black beard and protruding chin

noun:

• fool; oaf; airhead - Kansai dialect
• type of fast-paced humorous singing mimicking the chanting of a Buddhist sutra, usually with lyrics satirizing current events ［あほだら］ - abbreviation ➜ あほだら経

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to twirl; to spin
• to fiddle with; to change (e.g. wording)

noun:

• tart - From French "tarte"
• roll of sponge cake with sweetened beans - From Dutch "taart"

noun:

• red vinegar made from fermented sake lees - Food term
• plum vinegar with perilla leaves added - Food term ➜ 白酢

noun:

• distemper painting - esp. どろえ ➜ 泥絵の具
• painting made with gold or silver paint (usu. on a dark background) - esp. でいえ ➜ 金銀泥絵

noun:

• small purification wand - archaism
• thinly cut hemp or paper mixed with rice (scattered as an offering to the gods) ➜ 切麻

noun:

• stinger (of a bee, etc.)
• needle covered with poison - only どくばり

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell (e.g. river full of water)
• to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with; to pervade (e.g. atmosphere with emotion)

adverb / ~と adverb:

• weeping; sobbing; softly (crying) - onomatopoeia ➜ しくしく泣く

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• with a prologued dull pain; having a gripping pain - onomatopoeia

noun:

• starched white uniform worn by menservants of government officials - archaism
• something pasted with plain white paper (e.g. umbrella, lantern) ➜ 白張り提灯