noun:

• fired earthenware vessel used by the emperor to clean his hands - archaism

auxiliary:

• please - used to make a polite request or demand - polite language ➜ ます
• used to increase the politeness of a greeting, apology, etc.

godan ~く verb:

• to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is) - colloquialism ➜ 見当がつく

noun / ~の noun:

• seedlessness; seedless fruit
• lacking the material needed to do something

noun:

• rising diagonally up and to the right
• growing; expanding; soaring

noun:

• lyric sheet; card with the lyrics to a song

noun:

• Prayer to the Four Quarters (Japanese imperial New Year's ceremony)

noun / ~する noun:

• opening to the public (e.g. garden, etc.)

noun:

• read permission: anybody - IT term

noun:

• person who goes to greet someone (e.g. at the airport) ➜ 送り人【おくりびと】

noun:

• second adding of charcoal to the fire (in tea ceremony) ➜ 後の炭

noun:

• Acanthopanax sciadophylloides (species of flowering plant related to the aralias)

noun:

• summer retreat where monks stay in the same place to study - Buddhism term

noun:

• pineapple bun (Chinese sweet pastry similar to the Japanese melonpan) ➜ メロンパン

noun:

• monks who practise austerity to the point of death and mummification

noun / ~する noun:

• song and dance performed as an offering to the gods ➜ 神楽

noun:

• falling to the ground like a Buddha statue being thrown down

noun:

• business-stimulating measures; economic stimulation program; measure to stimulate the economy

noun:

• festival for requests and expressions of thanks to the gods (Okinawa)

noun:

• hostess bar where patrons are allowed to touch the hostesses' breasts - slang - vulgar

noun:

• Edo-period Shinto sect dedicated to the worship of Mt. Fuji

noun:

• flute used to lure green pheasants (imitates the pheasant's song) - obscure term

noun:

• outer edge of the foot (from little toe to heel) (karate) - Martial Arts term

~と adverb / adverb:

• puffing (e.g. cigarette smoke) - onomatopoeia
• bobbing (to the surface); floating lightly - onomatopoeia

noun:

• festival celebrating the return of a shintai to its main shrine - Shintō term ➜ 神体

noun:

• first maple leaves to turn red in the season