noun:

• menu board (small blackboard on which the specials of the day, etc., are written)

noun:

• greater palace; area centered on the inner palace, home to various administrative bodies (in Heian period Kyoto) ➜ 内裏

noun:

• bodyguards in service of the shogun who would walk ahead of him on an outing (Edo period)

noun:

• holiday ➜ 紋日
• day on which prostitutes had to receive clients (or pay their own fee to avoid doing so) - archaism

noun:

• Japanese traditional architectural style where the main entrance is on one or both of the gabled sides ➜ 平入り

noun:

• bridle made from knotted rope or leather - obsolete term
• multi-coloured rope ceremonial garland, placed on cattle, large rocks, etc.

noun:

• Washington Convention (i.e. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) ➜ ＣＩＴＥＳ

noun:

• homa stick; stick on which prayers are written, then ritually burnt before an idol to ask for blessings - Buddhism term

noun:

• Act on Payment of Relief Benefit for Victims, etc. of Crimes Committed by Aum Shinrikyo (2008)

noun:

• (inflected) end of a word; end of a sentence

noun:

• foot of a mountain; base of a mountain

noun:

• title of a book; title of a literary work

noun / ~する noun:

• partial payment of a debt; reduction of a debt

noun:

• leaking of a secret; leakage of a secret

noun:

• luck in a lottery; luck in a raffle

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to expand a market; to find a new market

godan ~く verb:

• to take a step backward; to retreat a step

noun:

• spirit of a poem; true meaning of a poem

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to suture a wound; to sew up a wound

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to book a seat; to take a seat - obscure term

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to publish a book; to put out a book

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to devour a meal; to have a meal

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to go up a tower; to climb a tower ➜ 登楼

noun:

• writer (of a poem); composer (of a poem) ➜ 読み手

expression:

• Where there is a will, there is a way