noun:

• tutor to a daimyo, etc.
• tutor to the emperor or crown prince (Meiji period)

noun:

• flake; chip
• speck or flake used for the production of stone tools

noun:

• dripping; drop; trickle
• water trickling from moss, rocks, or cliffs in the summer

noun:

• keeper of imperial archives
• worker skilled in the brewing of sake or soy sauce

suffix:

• ending; quitting; closing - after a noun ➜ 店じまい
• ending before one had time to do something one wanted or intended to - after the 〜ず negative form of a verb; indicates disappointment

expression / ichidan verb:

• to talk; to call; to invite
• to call a geisha or prostitute over

noun:

• distemper painting - esp. どろえ ➜ 泥絵の具
• painting made with gold or silver paint (usu. on a dark background) - esp. でいえ ➜ 金銀泥絵

noun / ~する noun:

• going along with something; following the crowd
• treating something in an equal or egalitarian manner

noun:

• chef (Western cuisine)
• cook or waiter on a ship - archaism

noun:

• small purification wand - archaism
• thinly cut hemp or paper mixed with rice (scattered as an offering to the gods) ➜ 切麻

noun:

• female bragging; female conceit
• a man bragging about his wife or mistress ➜ 男自慢

godan ~う verb:

• to mishear; to fail to catch
• to miss (the chance to hear)

noun:

• lipped bowl
• one side of a story or argument

noun:

• familiarity with the land
• locality or terrain (usually associated with knowing or feeling the locality)

noun:

• calling another player's discarded tile to complete a meld (but not to complete one's hand) - Mahjong term
• declaring a kong or calling a discarded tile to complete a meld - Mahjong term

noun:

• male bragging; male conceit
• bragging about one's husband or (male) lover ➜ 女自慢

noun / ~する noun:

• chopping - Baseball term ➜ 長打

noun:

• base hit; one-base hit; single - Baseball term ➜ 単打

noun:

• stone bathtub
• steam bath taken inside a cavern or stone chamber

noun:

• black vinegar, usu. produced from unpolished rice
• charred kelp or shiitake mushrooms ground and mixed with vinegar, used to dress raw fish and vegetables

noun / ~する noun:

• grinding of the teeth; involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism
• grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation; gnashing one's teeth; gritting one's teeth

noun:

• tatami room - polite language ➜ 座敷
• dinner party in a tatami room with a geisha or maiko ➜ 座敷

noun / ~の noun:

• porcelain
• baking by means of hot stones or pebbles

noun:

• partly burned charcoal
• servant boy at a brothel or teahouse - archaism

noun:

• shrimp (infraorder Caridea)
• small shrimp, prawn or lobster

noun:

• being possessed (by a spirit); possessed person
• child or doll used as a vessel for a spirit invoked by a shaman or miko ➜ 憑坐【よりまし】