noun:

• extremely high-grade Japanese meal served all at once (on a table with legs)

noun:

• iteration mark shaped like the hiragana "ku" (used in vertical writing to represent repetition of two or more characters) ➜ 踊り字

noun:

• banzai (celebratory or congratulatory cheer) - From Korean "manse" ➜ 万歳【ばんざい】

noun:

• assembly at the end of the day (at a company or school, etc.) ➜ 朝礼【ちょうれい】

noun:

• steaming basket (traditionally clay or wood) ➜ 蒸篭
• steaming vat (for steaming rice in sake production) ［こしき］

expression / adjective:

• (so ashamed or embarrassed that) one does not know where to put oneself; feeling out of place ➜ 身の置き所がない

noun:

• red hakama (worn by miko or noblewomen at court)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)

noun:

• (television or radio signal's) poor reception

noun / ~する noun:

• recitation (of a Chinese or Japanese poem); chanting; singing
• composition (of a Chinese or Japanese poem); composed poem

noun:

• watchman (implies low rank or burakumin status) - vulgar

noun:

• bamboo wall-top spikes (or wood, iron); spikes placed at the top of a wall to repel thieves

auxiliary adjective / adjective:

• being too many (to finish or complete); being too much

noun:

• nurse (male or female); personal care attendant

noun:

• win worth 32000 points (or, if dealer, 48000 points) - Mahjong term ➜ 満貫

noun:

• patagium (vertebrate flying or gliding membrane)

noun:

• fatty pork (from cheek, neck or shoulder)

noun:

• skewered fish (or vegetables, etc.) coated with miso and cooked

suffix:

• -ness (nominalizing suffix, esp. of sensory or subjective adjectives) - also written with the ateji 味 ➜ 甘み
• nominalizing suffix indicating location ➜ 深み
• (as ...mi ...mi) alternating between ... and ... ➜ 降りみ降らずみ

noun:

• evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine) ➜ 賢木

noun:

• legal protection (e.g. of an environment or cultural asset)

noun:

• 88 temples (of, or modeled after those of, Shikoku) ➜ 四国八十八箇所

noun:

• (ftp or WWW) mirror site - IT term

noun:

• sociolect emphasizing the femininity of the speaker (often a homosexual or transsexual male) - Linguistics term

noun:

• diligence in studying (e.g. continuing to study even in such poor light as offered by a firefly or that reflected by snow); diligent study