interjection:

• exclamation used to scold practitioners (in Zen)

noun:

• scolding or threatening with a shout

adjectival noun:

• significant; suggestive; insinuating; meaningful

noun:

• words or behaviour that hints at a deeper meaning

noun:

• five letters; five signs
• first five syllables of a waka or haiku ➜ 和歌・俳句

noun:

• slipway
• cradle used on a slipway for launch or repair of small ships

noun:

• goldfish with a shrimp-like tail ［えびお］
• head of a shamisen or lute (bent back like a shrimp's tail)

noun / ~する noun:

• lack of registration (in the census register)
• buying a geisha or prostitute her contractual freedom ➜ 身請け

expression / noun:

• halo; angel ring
• glow of freshly washed or treated hair

noun:

• Buddha ➜ 仏陀
• stupa ➜ 卒塔婆
• Buddhist temple
• Buddhist monk

noun:

• imperial portrait; photograph of the incumbent Emperor and Empress distributed to schools between 1890 and the end of the Second World War
• portrait or photo of a person of high rank - honorific language

noun:

• backing paper; backing sheet
• paper printed or used on one side; reverse side of such paper

noun:

• stroke (swimming); arm stroke

prefix:

• adds strength or emphasis to verbs ➜ かっ

noun:

• respectful term for another's spirit
• God's heart or spirit (in Christianity); Lord's will

noun:

• flag

suffix:

• tag indicating a future role or status for a character in anime, games, etc. (e.g. death, love, survival) - slang

noun:

• near pin (golf); closest to pin (flagstick)
• close (closest) answer or figure

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to redeem; to take out of pawn
• to buy a geisha or prostitute out of bondage (by paying off her debt to her employer) ➜ 身請け

noun:

• killer technique; surefire assassination method
• special or lethal move, usu. one unique to a certain fighter or fighting style - Martial Arts term

noun:

• holy water
• urine, especially as relates to urolagnia or urophilia

noun:

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

adverb / ~する noun:

• sound of something thick and soft being pierced by something sharp and hard - onomatopoeia
• containing sullen anger or discontent

noun:

• leather belt
• cartridge or gun belt

noun / ~する noun:

• permanent staff; permanent employee; service for a fixed period of time - obscure term

noun:

• (Edo era) a daimyo or feudal retainer who lived and/or served in Edo for a fixed period of time - archaism

expression:

• doing one's own flower arranging
• marrying or making a mistress of a geisha

noun / ~する noun:

• crowning a boy for the first time at a coming-of-age ceremony - archaism ➜ 元服

noun:

• noh cap with a rolled or drooping tail (indicative of nobility) ［ういかんむり］ ➜ 巻纓・垂纓

adverb:

• sometimes; some ➜ 或いは【あるいは】

conjunction:

• or; either ... or ➜ 或いは【あるいは】

noun:

• (ornamental) tip of a scabbard ［鐺・璫・小尻］
• bottom of a bargeboard or cantilever ［鐺・璫・木尻］