noun:

• series of articulated plates attached to the back and sides of a Japanese helmet ➜ 兜

noun:

• person at a public bath in charge of heating the water and filling the baths

noun:

• hairstyle for men and women from early Edo era to the Genroku era

noun:

• holiday granted to servants on the 16th of the first and seventh months - archaism

noun:

• area of the Edo castle where the shogun would work and spend his daily life

noun:

• hakama for women (esp. hakama worn by female students and teachers in the Meiji period) - archaism

noun:

• man who is neither overly aggressive nor overly passive in pursuing sex and riches; omnivore [literal]

noun:

• something that smells of fish or blood ➜ 生臭い
• meat and fish ➜ 生臭物
• degenerate monk; corrupt priest - abbreviation ➜ 生臭坊主

noun:

• all pungs; winning hand consisting of four pungs or kongs and one pair - Mahjong term - From Chinese

noun:

• festival held on January 10 in honor of Ebisu, the god of fishing and commerce ➜ 恵比寿【えびす】

noun:

• puppy; whelp
• magic word said to comfort a frightened child and put him to sleep

noun:

• cake salé; salty, unsweet pound cake (usu. incl. cheese and vegetables) - Food term - From French

noun:

• soup of dumplings filled with walnuts and brown sugar, boiled together with vegetables, tofu, etc. - Food term

noun:

• Shonan train; medium-distance train on the eastern Tokaido Main Line (coloured green and orange) - colloquialism

noun:

• natto made by a temple and given to supporters at the end of the year

noun:

• natto made by a temple and given to supporters at the end of the year ➜ 寺納豆

noun:

• natto made by a temple and given to supporters at the end of the year ➜ 寺納豆

noun:

• Blue Sky, White Sun, and a Wholly Red Earth; flag of the Republic of China

~の noun / noun:

• freemium; offering both free and premium content in the same product (esp. in online gaming)

noun:

• byungjin line; North Korean policy of simultaneous development of its economy and nuclear weapons program

noun:

• pachinko nail adjuster; pachinko parlor employee who adjusts the machines to regulate profit and loss - colloquialism

adverb / conjunction:

• furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked

godan -いく／-ゆく verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

• to change; to shift; to come and go

noun:

• reverence for the emperor and the overthrow of the shogunate