noun:

• modulation (of voice)
• variation; variety; balance; pace
• liveliness (e.g. of writing style)

noun:

• newspaper with a lot of advertisements and delivered for free of charge - From English "free paper"

noun:

• type of lettering consisting of thick vertical and horizontal lines which is often used in seals

noun:

• (university) club that exists for the purpose of getting women drunk and taking advantage of them

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• keeping calm and collected at times of disappoinment; maintaining a serene state of mind in adversity - archaism - four character idiom

noun:

• dripping liquid (soup, sauce, etc.) from the tips of one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette)

noun:

• weaverbird; weaver (any of a number of birds in family Ploceidae that weave elaborate nests)

noun / ~の noun:

• one's circumstances or condition, esp. compared to that of another ➜ ばつが悪い
• coherence (e.g. of a conversation)

noun:

• (in Japan) 4th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. F) - archaism ➜ 十二律・夾鐘

noun / ~する noun:

• excellence (of scenery, etc.) - usu. しょうぜつ

noun:

• Mahito (highest of the eight hereditary titles) - archaism ➜ 八色の姓
• you (referring to someone of lower status) ［まうと・もうと］

noun:

• Festival of Emperor Jimmu (formerly held annually on April 3rd, the supposed day of his death)

noun:

• Stegostoma (genus of one species of Indo-Pacific carpet shark in the family Stegostomatidae)

noun:

• Hexanchus; genus of sixgill sharks in the family Hexanchidae comprised of 2 extant species

noun:

• Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove; group of 3rd-century Qingtan scholars, writers, and musicians ➜ 清談

noun:

• act (of a Chinese drama); scene
• paragraph (esp. of an Edo-period novel); passage; section

noun:

• var. of fresh Japanese sweet made of white bean paste, egg yolk, sugar and rice granules

expression / noun:

• person of strong constitution unexpectedly falling ill; sickness of a stout man; the devil getting sunstroke [literal]

noun:

• kombucha; drink of northern Chinese origin made by fermentation of sweetened tea - not related to 昆布茶

noun:

• points paid and received at the end of a game of mahjong based on position (rank) - Mahjong term

interjection:

• oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.

expression:

• hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• first wholesale produce market of the year (usu. auction of seafood, fruit, etc.)

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to approve (of); to be in favor of; to be in favour of

noun:

• thin sheet of silver; silver foil; silverleaf
• censer; incense burner made of a sheet of mica hemmed by silver and placed on charcoal embers, used in incense-smelling ceremony ➜ 香道【こうどう】
• Japanese mountain ash (Sorbus japonica); Japanese whitebeam ➜ 裏白の木【うらじろのき】

noun:

• cutting a person's sidelocks; evenly cut sidelocks (symbol of adulthood for noblewomen in the Heian era); ritual of cutting the sidelocks (coming-of-age ceremony for women from about 1568-1867) - archaism

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to think (only used to speak of others) - honorific language
• to turn one's attention toward (only used to speak of others); to have feelings for (only used to speak of others)
• to honour the target of one's emotions