noun:

• expert; learned person
• doctor; PhD; Dr. - colloquialism ➜ 博士【はくし】
• instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period)
• pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.) ➜ 墨譜

noun:

• black-lacquered headgear (made of silk, cloth or paper) originally worn by court nobles in ancient Japan, and afterwards spreading to the common people

noun:

• agency for employing servants and arranging marriages (Edo period); mediator; go-between ➜ 口入れ屋
• flattery; flatterer
• Keian era (1648.2.15-1652.9.18) ［慶安］

noun:

• jitte; short truncheon with a hook made of metal or wood (used by policemen and private thief-takers in Edo Japan)

noun:

• (young) man adhering to a masculine version of gyaru fashion (usually marked by hair dyed brown or blond, gaudy clothes and accessories) ➜ ギャル

expression:

• something that cannot be done no matter how hard one tries (and is slightly frustrating because of this); eye drops from the second floor [literal] - idiom

noun:

• namahage; folklore demons of the Oga Peninsula (villagers dress up as them on New Year's Eve and frighten children)

noun:

• kiss and cry; area in an ice rink where figure skaters wait for their marks to be announced - Sports term

noun:

• Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures
• Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)

noun:

• western Japan; Japan west of the Itoigawa-Shizuoka Tectonic Line, i.e. the Chūbu region and westward ➜ 糸魚川静岡構造線・東日本

noun:

• bright light
• hope; bright future
• light emanating from a buddha or bodhisattva, symbolizing their wisdom and compassion - Buddhism term

noun:

• slipping one's hand beneath the opponent's arm and latching on to the underside of his belt - Sumo term

noun:

• scheme in which a man and woman trick another man into a compromising situation for blackmail; badger game

noun / adjectival noun:

• obstinate; stubborn; hard-headed; being incapable of making sound judgments because of a narrow, inflexible and obstinate mentality - four character idiom

noun:

• inconsistency of speech and action; failing to act up to one's words; not practicing what one preaches - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• obstinate; stubborn; hard-headed; pigheaded; incapable of making sound judgements because of a narrow, inflexible and obstinate mentality - four character idiom

noun:

• inner pleat; the raising of fabric up in the middle to marry bottom edges of yukata and kimono

expression:

• missing important things here and there; full of gaps; as if the teeth of a comb were missing [literal]

noun:

• available to promise (i.e. a product is in stock and can be promised to a buyer); ATP

noun:

• literary form imparting the nuance of polite speech (with sentences ending in "desu" and verbs ending in "masu") ➜ ですます体

noun:

• Sixteen Kingdoms (collection of sovereign states in and around China from 304 to 439 CE); Sixteen Kingdoms period

noun:

• billhook; fascine knife; sickle-shaped tool with a sharp inner edge, halfway between a knife and an axe

noun:

• duo (ancient Chinese bell with a clapper and a long handle) ➜ 鈴
• large wind bell ［たく］ ➜ 風鈴

expression:

• every last one; one and all; from A to Z
• as soon as; right after; no sooner (than) - verb+はしから - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow - Astronomy term ➜ 北斗七星
• the seven luminaries (sun, moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn) - Astronomy term ➜ 七曜