noun:

• shed; shelter; terminal (e.g. cargo, airport, etc.); temporary covering of a building being built

prefix:

• one (of a pair)
• incomplete; imperfect; fragmentary
• few; little
• off-centre; remote
• side; problem; question; matters ➜ 片が付く

noun / ~する noun:

• counselling (often of imprisoned criminals by a chaplain, etc.); giving guidance ［教誨・教戒］
• admonishment; scolding; exhortation ［教戒・教誡］

noun:

• lines of the palm; aptitude; handwriting; apt move (in a go or shogi game); standard method

noun:

• makizushi; sushi made rolled in nori seaweed with a core of filling - Food term

noun / ~する noun:

• stretching pieces of a kimono on boards to dry after they have been washed and starched

noun:

• snow, moon, and flowers; beauty of the four seasons (from a poem by Bai Juyi) ➜ 月雪花【つきゆきはな】

noun:

• thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan; sukiyaki ➜ すきやき

noun:

• part of a building where water is circulated (kitchen, bathroom, etc.); wet area

noun:

• harassment, e.g. in the workplace, from a position of power; bullying - From English "power harassment"

noun:

• someone who plays the part of a 'heel' (bad guy) in wrestling, films, etc. ➜ ヒール

noun:

• precious orb
• Cintamani stone; wish-fulfilling jewel - abbreviation - Buddhism term ➜ 宝珠の玉
• hōju; uppermost spherical part of a pagoda finial

noun / expression:

• iroha order; traditional ordering of Japanese syllabaries (based on a Buddhist poem) ➜ 五十音順

adverb:

• with a snap; (break) cleanly - onomatopoeia
• (reject) sternly; flatly
• smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)

expression:

• expression of humility said by the person who provided a meal after it is eaten - humble language ➜ お粗末

noun:

• fulcrum peg (fitted into the cavity in an oar as part of a traditional oarlock) ➜ 入れ子

noun:

• fulcrum peg (fitted into the cavity in an oar as part of a traditional oarlock) - obscure term ➜ 櫓杭

noun:

• media scrum; impromptu press conference; news gathering by a crowd of reporters

noun:

• distinctive character used in the names of all people belonging to a single clan or lineage

noun / ~する noun:

• re-pellet (plastics industry); regrind; grinding plastic scraps into small pieces as a form of recycling

noun:

• first half of a tea ceremony (in which the charcoal is set and light food served) ➜ 後座【ござ】

expression:

• truth comes out of falsehood; many a true word is spoken in jest - proverb

noun:

• pasha; honorary title in Ottoman Empire and pre-republican Egypt - From Turkish "paşa"

~と adverb / adverb:

• click; sound of a camera shutter - onomatopoeia ➜ パシャッと

noun:

• inscription of a fantastic birdlike creature found on Yin and Zhou dynasty bronze ware, etc. - obscure term ➜ 文様

noun:

• traditional Japanese fire extinguisher (bamboo pole with a clump of rope attached at the end)