noun:

• pavilion for weapons storage (in Heian Palace) ➜ 十七殿

expression:

• all for the best; what is right

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to go out for tea (or coffee, etc.) - sometimes used as a pickup line - colloquialism

noun:

• round box for apportioning individual rice servings

noun:

• blackboard - 塗り板 is now obs. ➜ 黒板
• board used for lacquering ［ぬりいた］

noun:

• inn used for clandestine encounters between lovers - archaism

noun:

• dictionary of seasonal words (for haiku and haikai) ➜ 歳時記

noun:

• size (solution for stiffening textiles, etc.)

noun:

• matched set of four arrows for target shooting

noun:

• office kitchenette; room with facilities for boiling water

noun:

• small shrine ［ほくら］ ➜ 祠【ほこら】
• depository for sacred objects

noun:

• drinking alcohol while pouring it for each other

noun:

• soybean ➜ 大豆
• soybeans boiled until soft for making miso

suffix / counter:

• counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such) - honorific language ➜ 名【めい】

noun / suffix noun:

• cause; seed; origin - oft. ぐさ in compounds

noun:

• variety; kind

noun / counter:

• counter for varieties

expression:

• therefore; for that reason; such being the case

noun:

• exhibition room (e.g. museum)
• showroom (for goods)

noun:

• distribution list (for assets after seizure, bankruptcy, etc.)

noun:

• building dock (e.g. for ships)

expression:

• please; I beg you; for mercy's sake

noun:

• heavy double-handled pot used for making rice

noun:

• ichimoku; chart analysis method for forecasting price movement

noun:

• Japanese domestic market (esp. for automobiles); JDM

noun:

• container for growing seedlings; seedbed; sowing bed

noun:

• National Center Test for University Admissions - abbreviation ➜ 大学入試センター試験【だいがくにゅうしセンターしけん】