noun:

• the feel or performance of a pen

noun:

• lining at the bottom of a kimono

noun:

• the intensity or illuminating power of light

noun:

• the handwriting of a high-ranking person

noun:

• the husband of one's younger sister

noun:

• rice and salt; the necessities of life

noun:

• the husband of one's elder sister

noun:

• upper floor; upstairs Antonym: 階下
• top of the stairs Antonym: 階下【かいか】

noun:

• (putting on the) airs of an official

noun:

• lettering on the spine of a book

noun:

• service for the benefit of suffering spirits - Buddhism term

noun:

• principle of living only for the moment - four character idiom

noun:

• word ending
• slip of the tongue

adverbial noun / noun:

• tenth month of the lunar calendar - archaism

noun:

• port at the mouth of a river

noun:

• the pain of separation from loved ones - four character idiom - Buddhism term

noun:

• line of spears held at the ready

noun:

• otitis externa; inflammation of the outer ear

noun:

• wood alcohol; the spirit of a tree

noun:

• festival marking the start of boating season

noun:

• Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees

noun:

• small silver coin of the Edo period

noun:

• finest example; the best (of)
• white eyebrows - orig. meaning

noun:

• Apus (constellation); the Bird-of-Paradise - Astronomy term

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to bid up the price of