noun:

• woman's loincloth (worn as a kimono underskirt) ➜ 腰巻き
• single-layer absorbent bathrobe (worn during or after a bath) ➜ 湯帷子

noun:

• cinnabar; vermillion; red; slightly-orange red
• red pigment (and ink made from same)
• red text (as used to correct documents)

godan ~す verb / ~す verb (precursor to modern する) / transitive:

• to use as an intermediary; to mediate; to assist ➜ 介する
• to worry; to mind; to care ➜ 介する

noun:

• base-stone; plinth stone; stone that serves as a pedestal for a pillar

noun:

• stripping of honours (as a means of punishment); stripping of rights; public humiliation

noun:

• a tree as seen in winter (esp. a barren deciduous tree)
• evergreen tree

noun:

• branch of languages (i.e. Italic languages as a subset of Indo-European languages)

expression:

• natural state; being unspoilt by human touch; willows are green, flowers are crimson [literal] - from a quote by Su Shi - idiom
• spring is beautiful - proverb
• things are different by nature; all things have their characteristics - proverb

noun:

• gate in the middle of the corridor connecting an annex to a pond-side building (in traditional palatial-style architecture) ➜ 寝殿造り・対の屋・釣り殿
• central gate (between the main gate and main hall of a temple)
• central gate (separating the inner and outer gardens of a teahouse)

expression / adjective:

• cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do ➜ ざる

expression:

• cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do ➜ せざるを得ない

expression / adjective:

• cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do ➜ ざる・せざるを得ない

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to get the short end of the stick; to get the bad end of a bargain

noun:

• tag; label
• game of tag
• tag-team match - abbreviation ➜ タッグマッチ
• working together as a team - abbreviation ➜ タッグチーム

noun:

• service with a samurai family; serving in a samurai household (as a valet, chambermaid, etc.) - four character idiom

noun:

• real cake (as opposed to fake ) ➜ セレモニーケーキ
• fresh cake; cake baked with fresh ingredients

noun:

• head; chief; leader; elder
• the greatest of all; the most excellent

adverb:

• at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment

noun:

• the whole body; limbs ［五体］
• the five styles in Japanese calligraphy ➜ 行書・書道・真書・草書・大篆・八分【はっぷん】・隷書・楷書・篆書

noun / ~する noun:

• moon viewing (esp. during the eight month of the lunar calendar) ➜ 月見

noun:

• shift the responsibility (for something) on to (someone); pass the buck - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• Buddhist memorial service; prayers for the repose of the soul

noun:

• open to all; taking part on the spur of the moment

noun:

• perestroika; reform movement within the Soviet Communist Party in the 1980s - From Russian "perestroyka"

noun:

• province of the lowest rank (ritsuryo system)

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving for the provinces - archaism