noun:

• Trapa incisa (species of plant closely related to the water caltrop)

noun:

• foot towel; cloth for wiping the bottoms of one's feet

noun:

• farmland given to nobles of the fifth rank or above (ritsuryo system)

noun:

• nowcast; prediction of the very near future (esp. one hour weather forecast)

expression / noun:

• not getting with the times; being unaware of how things are changing - idiom

noun:

• generation; lifetime
• the age; the day

noun / suffix noun:

• the First - after the name of a king, etc.

noun:

• issei; first-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.)

noun:

• kariginu (informal clothes worn by the nobility from the Heian period onwards) - archaism
• (during the Edo period) patterned kariginu ➜ 布衣【ほい】

noun:

• Chlamydoselachus (genus containing only the frilled shark and the Southern African frilled shark in the family Chlamydoselachidae)

expression / ~の noun:

• (on the) net; (on the) Internet; (on the) Web

noun:

• the 48 basic techniques - four character idiom - Sumo term
• every trick in the book
• the 48 basic sexual positions - colloquialism

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to break the tape (at the finishing line); to breast the tape

noun:

• peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu) - archaism ➜ 蝦夷
• provincial (i.e. a person who lives far from the city)
• brutish, unsophisticated warrior (esp. used by Kyoto samurai to refer to samurai from eastern Japan)
• foreigner; barbarian - derogatory term

noun:

• traditional Japanese poem with verses of five and seven morae repeated at least three times, usu. ending with a verse of seven ➜ 短歌
• long epic song with shamisen accompaniment (developed in Kyoto in the late 16th century) ［ながうた］ ➜ 長唄

noun:

• card to pick up (in card games); card that is picked up by players instead of read (in karuta); card printed with the second half of a poem (in karuta) ➜ 読み札

noun:

• eldest child; oldest child; first-born child
• child who carries on the family name
• pre-ritsuryo official established in key provinces, responsible for administration of his home and surrounding provinces - archaism ➜ 律令制・総領【すべおさ】
• head of a warrior clan (Kamakura period) - archaism

noun:

• the Emperor; His Majesty - honorific language
• the government; the authorities - honorific language
• proprietress; hostess; landlady; mistress - also written 女将 ➜ 女将
• your wife; his wife - also written 御内儀 or 内儀 - honorific language - archaism
• (one's) master; lord - honorific language - archaism

expression / ichidan verb:

• to see the light; to be awakened to the truth; to have the scales fall from one's eyes - idiom ➜ 目からウロコの落ちる

noun / ~する noun:

• intermission during a performance (e.g. variety show, play, sumo, etc.)
• temporary departure of an actor (between the first and second halves of a noh or kyogen performance, during which time they change costumes, etc.)

noun:

• eaves
• narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building ➜ 庇

noun:

• like-mindedness; (being of the) same mind; shared sentiment
• comrade; fellow; kindred soul ➜ 同士【どうし】

noun:

• large country; major nation; great power
• province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)

noun:

• slip; omission
• outcome; final result; the end
• punch line (of a joke) - often オチ - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• taste; elegance; charm ［ふぜい］
• appearance; air

suffix:

• the likes of ...; lowly people such as ... ［ふぜい］ - humble language - derogatory term

noun:

• dazzling victory
• win of a rank-and-file wrestler over the grand champion - Sumo term

noun:

• superman; superwoman
• Ubermensch (e.g. Nietzsche's ideal man of the future); overman