noun:

• bow-shaped whale-bone or copper hairpins used to increase the volume on the side of a woman's hair (Edo period) - archaism - obscure term

noun:

• back door or entrance

noun:

• fire brigade or company

expression:

• expression used to depict a woman who is attractive primarily when it's dark out, she's far away, or her face is partially hidden by a bamboo hat

noun:

• rice ball coated with sweetened red beans, soybean flour or sesame

noun:

• wealthy person or family

noun:

• soldier or army dedicated to a righteous cause

noun:

• giving something as alms or dispensation; alms - archaism

noun:

• technique for catching gobies using a straw mat or basket - obscure term

noun:

• religious painting or picture

noun:

• one's regular inn or hotel

noun:

• non-official or privately composed history

noun:

• art or picture gallery

noun / ~の noun:

• broad or spacious veranda; eaves

noun:

• parent root or stock; pre-split stock or share

noun:

• containing more onions or leeks than usual (of gyudon, etc.) ➜ つゆだく

noun:

• loose-fitting pants with an elastic or drawcord waist - From English "easy pants"

adverb / expression:

• before or since; neither before nor after; no other time in one's life; stressing a particular moment or event as being unique or most extreme

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

• same nature or quality; homogeneous

noun / ~する noun:

• crossed wires or lines (of communication); confusion

prefix:

• honorific or polite prefix

noun:

• social organisation for people originating from the same town, village, or island who live in an urban center far from home (predominantly used by people from Okinawa)

noun:

• evil or corrupt or abusive practice

noun:

• transmission of the secrets of an art, craft, trade or learning from father to only one child - four character idiom

noun:

• waiting (e.g. at the stage door) for performers or celebrities to exit - slang ➜ 入り待ち