noun:

• small statue of Shoki the Plague-Queller (placed on the overhang of traditional houses) ➜ 鍾馗

noun:

• food of the mountains (wild game, mountain vegetables, mushrooms, etc.); fruits of the land ➜ 海幸

noun:

• paying for the purchase (expense) out of one's own pocket; being responsible for the payment of one's share of the purchase price, expense, etc. - four character idiom

noun:

• ridged wooden bench used in SM practices (and in the Edo period for torturing female prisoners)

noun:

• earplug (traditional jewellery worn in the earlobe, popular in Han-dynasty China) - archaism

noun:

• Protectorate General to Pacify the East; Tang-period Chinese office established in Pyongyang in 668 CE ➜ 都護府

noun:

• Protectorate General to Pacify the West; Tang-period Chinese office established in Xinjiang in 640 CE ➜ 都護府

noun:

• heavenly god; heavenly gods - also pronounced てんしん
• spirit of Sugawara no Michizane
• Tenmangu shrine (dedicated to Michizane's spirit) ➜ 天満宮
• pit of a dried plum; dried plum - colloquialism ➜ 梅干し
• tenjin hairstyle - abbreviation ➜ 天神髷
• prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period)

noun:

• the 48 basic techniques - four character idiom - Sumo term
• every trick in the book
• the 48 basic sexual positions - colloquialism

expression:

• tomorrow will take care of itself; let the morn come and the meat with it; tomorrow, the winds of tomorrow will blow [literal] - proverb

noun:

• main building (of a manor)
• central room (of a house)

noun:

• sticking chopsticks upright into a bowl of rice (a breach of etiquette) ➜ 一本箸

~と adverb / adverb:

• quickly, in a bouncing way (e.g. for a bow) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• cakes heaped in a container for a shrine offering

noun:

• killing a passerby in order to test a new sword

expression / ichidan verb:

• to frustrate (e.g. someone's plans); to give someone a surprise; to give someone a blow; to scare the hell out of

expression / ichidan verb:

• blood flows [literal]
• to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood" - usu. ...の血が流れる - idiom

~する verb (spec.):

• to face (each other); to be facing
• to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to be related to
• to receive (a client, etc.)
• to compare with; to contrast with; to be in opposition with; to be opposed to
• to confront; to oppose; to compete with

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to face (each other); to be facing ➜ 対する
• to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to be related to
• to receive (a client, etc.)
• to compare with; to contrast with; to be in opposition with; to be opposed to
• to confront; to oppose; to compete with

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to hold between; to grip with (from both sides); to nip; to catch (e.g. one's finger in a door)
• to put between; to sandwich between; to insert; to interpose; to interject
• to be on either side of (a road, table, etc.); to be across (a street, river, etc.); to have between each other

noun:

• stamp; seal; chop
• seal impression; seal; sealing; stamp; mark; print
• mudra (symbolic hand gesture) - Buddhism term
• ninja hand sign

noun / suffix noun / prefix noun:

• India - abbreviation ➜ 印度

noun / ~する noun:

• cutting a fingernail (or toenail) to the quick; cutting a nail too close

noun:

• deep-set nail; deep-set part of nail

noun:

• hilt (of a sword); haft (of a dagger); handgrip

noun:

• crown (of a watch); stem
• cannon (of a bell)

noun:

• rumour of a love affair; talk of a romance