noun:

• the three entertainment district enterprises: eating houses, geisha houses, meeting places for assignations, etc.

noun:

• ornamental ball-shaped scent bag
• decorative paper ball (for festive occasions)

noun:

• buying for immediate requirements; buying just enough to fulfil one's needs; spot purchasing - Business term

noun / ~する noun:

• stuffing oneself with food; eating enough to go without food for some time

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to fit well (e.g. clothes)
• to be good for one's health

noun:

• stratagem for causing a rift in the enemy camp by using a seditious plot - four character idiom

noun:

• substitute for a scheduled live broadcast of a sporting event that was rained out - four character idiom

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to take the responsibility (for an action); to carry out in a responsible manner

noun:

• "new" sumo (for women) conducted on a mat, wearing leotards instead of a mawashi - Sumo term

noun:

• person in charge of preparing food for rikishi (usually performed by low-ranking rikishi) - Sumo term

counter:

• counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such) - honorific language

noun:

• first name

prefix:

• famous; great ➜ 名探偵

suffix:

• name ➜ コード名・学校名

noun:

• noun - part of speech tag used in dictionaries - abbreviation ➜ 名詞

noun:

• inferior goods (i.e. goods for which demand decreases when consumer's income increases)

noun:

• general term for the nine holes in the body of humans and other mammals

noun:

• travelling incognito (traveling) - abbreviation
• special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito ➜ 御忍び駕籠

noun:

• people's history (written for the king of China; usu. written as a novel) ➜ 稗官

noun:

• moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens); tall bamboo cultivated for its edible shoots

noun:

• civil service competitive examination for some positions in the public education system in France - From French "agregation"

interjection:

• here it comes (interjection used when lying in wait for something)
• oops!; damn it! ➜ しまった

noun:

• thick roof shingle (1-3 cm thick, used for shrine buildings and noh stages) ➜ 栩葺き

noun:

• system that allows for the construction of highways and buildings in the same space

noun:

• small boat used for unloading goods from a large anchored boat (Edo period); lighter ➜ 瀬取り船

noun:

• waiting in front of a temple to be accepted for training (in Zen Buddhism) - Buddhism term

noun:

• abandoned people (people left to fend for themselves after a war or natural disaster)

noun:

• downstage right pillar (on a noh stage) used as a positioning guidepost for actors

expression:

• a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course