noun:

• grain; bead; drop

counter:

• counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops

noun / suffix noun:

• storey; story; floor

noun:

• stairs ➜ 階【きざはし】

noun / suffix noun:

• stage (in chronostratigraphy)

counter:

• counter for storeys and floors of a building

noun:

• support (e.g. for an argument); backing; proof; evidence; corroboration; substantiation; guarantee; security

noun:

• haikai; collective name for haiku, haibun, haiga, senryū, etc.
• humorous or vulgar renga poetry - abbreviation ➜ 俳諧の連歌

noun:

• Forgive me for dispensing with the preliminaries, but I hasten to inform you that... - formal salutation for a brief letter

noun:

• student waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination ➜ 浪人

noun:

• decorating shrines and gates with shimenawa ropes for the New Year ➜ 注連縄

noun:

• face sheet (top copy); questionnaire that asks for a demographic profile

noun:

• crime committed for fun; criminal who takes delight in people's reaction to his crimes

noun:

• allowance paid by the Sumo Association to a coach for each wrestler in his stable - Sumo term

noun:

• traditional "Chinese" medicine for the stomach (usually prepared as small dark spherical pills)

noun:

• seasoning of grated daikon with soy and vinegar, usually for fish or vegetables - Food term

noun:

• group - Chemistry term ➜ 官能基
• (free) radical ➜ 遊離基

counter:

• counter for installed or mounted objects (e.g. stone lanterns, gravestones, satellites)

noun:

• Oregon pine (another term for the common Douglas fir, Pseudotsuga menziesii) ➜ 米松

noun / ~する noun:

• popping bubble-wrap (e.g. for fun or as a stress relief technique) ➜ ぷちぷち

expression:

• a man of virtue will naturally attract admirers; good wine speaks for itself - proverb

noun:

• original (that was parodied or acted as an inspiration for something else, etc.) ➜ ねた

noun:

• waiting (e.g. at the stage door) for performers or celebrities to arrive - slang ➜ 出待ち

noun / ~する noun:

• preparing a rice field for planting by flooding it and tilling the soil

noun:

• pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure ➜ 島田【しまだ】

noun:

• using early morning time (before going to work) for some other activity (e.g. study)

noun:

• combination of layered colours, esp. for kimono (usu. white and light indigo)

noun:

• bag for holding waka manuscript paper ➜ 和歌
• vocal sac ➜ 鳴嚢
• pen-name of Fujitani Mitsue (1798-1824)

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• well aware of; know thoroughly; being familiar with (and thus feeling no need for restraint)

interjection:

• thanks (e.g. for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it

noun / ~の noun:

• tiredness; fatigue ➜ 疲れ【つかれ】