adjective:

• longing to have or put something in one's mouth

noun:

• turning an object in the wrong direction
• retort

noun:

• lower-ranking vassal in the Kamakura and Edo periods

noun:

• waiting woman in a shogun or daimyo's palace

noun:

• ambulatory vending of snacks in a theater or stadium (theatre)

noun:

• fingering an object (in killing time); amusing oneself; diversion
• gambling

noun:

• the sense of being engulfed in a green, mountainous atmosphere

noun:

• type of artificial flower which "blossoms" when placed in water

noun:

• national uniform (such as mandated for Japanese males in 1940)

noun:

• dish consisting of bony fish parts boiled in soy sauce

noun:

• Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata ➜ 七夕【たなばた】

noun / ~する noun:

• indulgence (e.g. in alcohol, women, etc.)
• debauchery; dissipation

noun:

• ceremony in which paper lanterns are floated down a river

noun:

• painful reproach (like a needle stuck in one's scalp)

noun:

• vinegared rice and sliced raw tuna wrapped in seaweed

noun:

• special purpose submarine (esp. Japanese midget submarines used in WWII)

noun:

• Minister of the Left (official in Nara and Heian periods)

noun:

• booth or stall in front of a home

noun:

• banker's cut or fee charged in a gambling saloon

noun:

• red face
• villain (in kabuki, jōruri, etc.)

noun:

• the lone woman (e.g. bright flower) in a group

noun:

• shaft (e.g. in a mine); pit

noun:

• standee (in a theatre); standing-room spectator; the gallery

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.) - idiom

adverb:

• closely; intimately ➜ 親しい【したしい】
• personally; in person - referring to someone of higher status
• directly (experience); at first-hand