noun:

• pip (spot on a die)
• small cube (esp. of food); die; dice

noun / ~する noun:

• trot; half run; jog

noun:

• girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family

noun:

• samurai and commoners
• normal people (as opposed to people of a high social standing)

expression:

• poverty is a stranger to industry; diligence is the mother of good fortune - proverb

noun:

• dip (angle that the direction of a compass needle makes with the horizon)

noun:

• nut (on the head of a shamisen, supporting the second and third strings)

noun:

• people's history (written for the king of China; usu. written as a novel) ➜ 稗官

noun:

• torture in which the victim is bound and placed in a tub of snakes

noun:

• coupling
• shipping; pairing of characters in a romantic relationship (in fan fiction, manga, etc.)

noun:

• anticipating the escape of the king and blocking him in advance with a knight - Shōgi term

noun:

• lowest part; bottom (or footer) of a page, computer screen, on-screen window, etc.

noun:

• record of information about a Buddhist statue (usu. an inconspicuous inscription on the statue)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be born (of a baby); to come into the world

noun:

• woman in waiting in the inner part of a lord's mansion (Edo period) - archaism ➜ 御殿女中

noun:

• waiting in front of a temple to be accepted for training (in Zen Buddhism) - Buddhism term

noun:

• small wooden door at the rear of a noh stage
• small garden gate ➜ 小門

expression:

• a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course

noun:

• washing of bones before placing them in a bone storage urn (esp. in Okinawa) ➜ 厨子

noun / ~する noun:

• stripping a samurai of clothes and swords and exiling him naked (Edo period punishment)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be able to hold one's head up (of a baby)

noun:

• rice paddy with a thick layer of mud at the bottom; muddy rice field

expression / noun:

• in front of one's eyes; just nearby; within a stone's throw ➜ 目と鼻の先【めとはなのさき】

noun:

• raised platform on the bank of a river for enjoying the summer cool

expression / adjective:

• (after the ren'yōkei form of a verb) indicates concession or compromise ➜ てもいい
• indicates permission ➜ てもいい

noun:

• anomaly; angular distance of a planet from its perihelion as seen from the sun - Astronomy term