noun:

• pent roof built atop the stairs of a shrine or temple

noun:

• public storehouse used to store grain or valuables collected for taxation (ritsuryo system)

noun:

• outermost enclosure of a castle or fortress (including the town around it)

noun:

• misanga bracelet; good luck charm made from knotted embroidery floss, thread or gimp - From Portuguese "missanga"

noun:

• person who is satisfied with his or her real (offline) life - from リアル+充実 - slang ➜ リアル・充実

noun:

• glutinous rice steamed with red beans or some other ingredient - Food term ➜ 赤飯・強飯【こわめし】
• trickery; deception - archaism

noun:

• alcohol or sake drunk during the meal (as opposed to aperitifs, digestifs, etc.)

noun:

• telephone card etc. with a misprint or other error - From English "error card"

noun:

• fresh Western sweets (usu. containing cream or fruit, e.g. sponge cake, pie) ➜ 生菓子【なまがし】・洋生菓子【ようなまがし】

noun:

• fresh Western sweets (usu. containing cream or fruit, e.g. sponge cake, pie) ➜ 生菓子【なまがし】

noun / ~する noun:

• preservation of machinery or vehicles for display purposes (i.e. no longer operational) ➜ 動態保存

interjection:

• hey; cheers; used by young people when drinking or as a greeting

noun:

• pharmacognosy; the study of medicinal drugs derived from plants or other natural sources

noun:

• lighted lamp (or candle, etc.) provided as a religious offering; votive light ➜ 御明かし【みあかし】

noun / ~する noun:

• internal rotation; endorotaion; rotating upper arm or leg inwards towards the body

noun:

• involution - Botany term

noun:

• sumo management stock; one of the 105 titled trusteeships in the Japan Sumo Association; tradable share that entitles the holder to take part in the management of sumo - Sumo term

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to cease; to put an end to
• to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to limit
• to record (e.g. a fact); to retain ➜ 記憶にとどめる

noun / ~する noun:

• underwater navigation
• going underground; going into hiding; travelling incognito; traveling incognito; travelling in disguise; traveling in disguise

noun:

• scent of a flower floating about in the air; lingering scent of a flower in the darkness

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

godan ~つ verb / transitive:

• to cut loose; to let loose; to cut off; to detach; to dismember; to cut in two
• to separate in thought; to consider as independent

noun:

• old-fashioned boys' hairstyle
• Meiji period women's hairstyle
• type of dance in kabuki ［揚げ巻・揚巻］
• knots in colour of four cardinal points hanging from the roof above the ring (color) ［揚げ巻・揚巻］ - Sumo term
• constricted tagelus (Sinonovacula constricta); Chinese razor clam - abbreviation ➜ 揚巻貝

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to contain; to comprise; to have; to hold; to include; to embrace
• to hold in the mouth ➜ 口に含む
• to bear in mind; to understand; to harbor (grudge, etc.); to harbour
• to express (emotion, etc.); to imply

expression / ichidan verb:

• to harmonize with; to keep in tune with
• to go along with; to keep in step

expression:

• a fox is not taken twice in the same snare; there are no birds in last year's nest; there aren't always loach under the willow tree [literal]; good luck does not always repeat itself - proverb