expression:

• Why?; Why not?; What for?; What's wrong?

noun:

• rush mat for sleeping; sleeping mat

noun:

• accessories used for bathing
• garment used while bathing ➜ 湯帷子・ゆまき・腰巻き・ゆもじ

noun:

• exceptional measures; measures for exceptional cases; preferential measure

noun:

• long sword cloth bag; bag for long swords ➜ 太刀

noun:

• gold hook (esp. for fishing); gold-colored hook

noun:

• special deregulation zone; special zone for structural reform ➜ 構造改革【こうぞうかいかく】

noun:

• ship; boat; watercraft; vessel; steamship ［船・舟］ - 舟 is often small and hand-propelled
• tank; tub; vat; trough

suffix noun / counter:

• counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi) ［船・舟］

noun:

• simplified receipt with a blank line to be filled out with the customer's name (used specifically for claiming expenses)

auxiliary verb:

• (those) who are; (that) which is; often used in relation to qualifications and requirements for a position; in the capacity of - after a noun, usu. as 〜たる者, etc. ➜ たり・たるや

noun:

• flag

suffix:

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

noun:

• simplified receipt with a blank line to be filled out with the customer's name (used specifically for claiming expenses)

noun:

• boy or doll dressed in ancient Chinese clothes
• hairstyle inspired by such a doll (esp. for female children) (Edo period)

noun:

• drainboard; floor grates; duckboard; slatted wood (e.g. used as a base for storing futons inside a cupboard)

noun:

• event where schoolchildren wash their inkstones, brushes and desks the night before Tanabata to pray for success in their studies - obscure term ➜ 七夕

noun:

• kami celebrated at the beginning of New Year (usu. to pray for a good harvest) ➜ 神【かみ】
• goddess of (lucky) directions ➜ 歳徳神

noun:

• building where one keeps oxcarts and other conveyances inside a private estate
• resting area for one's oxcart, wagon, etc.

noun:

• decorative paper envelope for giving New Year's gifts (usu. money given to children) and congratulatory gifts ➜ お年玉【おとしだま】

noun:

• carrying (on one's shoulder); bearing; shouldering; taking responsibility for
• bucket carried on either end of a pole - abbreviation ➜ 担い桶

noun:

• stopping place for horse-drawn carriages and rickshaws (Edo period); high way resting place
• wholesale rag dealer

noun:

• hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.) ➜ 片仮名

noun / ~する noun:

• service; ministry; attendance; church work
• offering goods at a reduced price; providing a service for free

noun:

• small private school (esp. for cramming)
• private school (in the Edo period, orig. run by Confucianists)

noun / ~する noun:

• girl hunt; trying to pick up a girl; looking for a girlfriend ➜ ボーイハント

noun:

• bunt performed for a base hit - Baseball term - From English "safety bunt" ➜ 犠牲バント