noun:

• statutory rape; sexual activity with a minor under the age of consent - Law term

noun:

• different kanji with the same Japanese reading (and usu. a similar meaning) ➜ 暑い・熱い

noun:

• opening of a pool (e.g. for the summer season)

noun:

• place where the sacred palanquin is lodged during a festival ➜ 旅所

noun:

• class A river; specified waterways of special importance protected by the government

noun:

• someone or something that just gets in the way; a burden ➜ 荷物

noun:

• battle standard raised next to the horse of a commander

noun:

• typical dress of the military class, usually worn together with a hakama ➜ 袴

expression:

• rushing to one's doom; (like a) moth flying into the flame - idiom

noun:

• clay bed-warmer (cylindrical with holes in the sides, containing a brazier)

noun:

• prostitution (in the guise of a massage service) - From English "fashion health" ➜ ヘルス

noun:

• house built like a kura, with the walls covered in mud

noun:

• police investigation carried out in the immediate vicinity of a crime site ➜ 地取り・聞き込み捜査

noun:

• prostitute from the Yoshiwara district of a fairly high rank (Edo period)

expression:

• the importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning

expression:

• the importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning ➜ 孟母三遷の教え

noun:

• supporter; cheerer (e.g. from the sidelines at a sporting event); rooter

noun:

• appointed official sent to administer a certain region (in the Ryukyu Kingdom)

noun:

• desire for a fire that comes with the cold of autumn

noun:

• mythological growth (tumour) that takes the shape of a human face

expression:

• being ready to drink sake by the keg; drinking like a fish

noun:

• swatting; deceiving the police into sending armed officers to a particular address

noun:

• regulation baseball (as opposed to the variety played with a rubber ball) ➜ 軟式野球

noun:

• pawn (chess piece) ［ポーン］

~と adverb:

• boing; sproing (e.g. sound of releasing a spring); plonk (e.g. sound of hitting a tennis ball); crack (e.g. sound of ice cracking underfoot) - onomatopoeia
• flipping through the air; tossing - onomatopoeia

noun / ~する noun:

• scoring the first point; winning the first game ［せんしょう］

noun:

• lucky day in the morning, but not in the afternoon ➜ 六曜