noun:

• idol (esp. in the philosophy of Francis Bacon: idols of the tribe, cave, market, and theater) - From Latin "idola"

noun / ~する noun:

• motivating the troops on the battlefield with war drums and war cries - obscure term
• making an uproar - obscure term

noun:

• one hole
• toilet bowl (for both urination and defecation)
• effective point for moxibustion
• one-woman man - colloquialism

noun:

• prisoner; captive; prisoner of war
• Emishi allied with the Japanese during the Nara and Heian periods ➜ えみし

noun:

• Law Regulating Adult Entertainment Businesses (1948 act, replaced in 1984); Entertainment and Amusement Trades Control Law ➜ 風営適正化法

expression / noun:

• hint; do's and don'ts - From English "one-point advice"

noun:

• pink fish floss; fish that has been finely shredded, seasoned and colored pink ➜ 田麩【でんぶ】

noun:

• large fan-shaped object held by an attendant and used to conceal the face of a noble, etc.

noun:

• maki sushi typically made from eel and cucumber, often with a face-like pattern when cut - from うなぎ and かっぱ
• mascot character used by Tajimi City in Gifu

noun:

• Japan surgeonfish (Acanthurus japonicus, Indo-West Pacific species of tang found from Indonesia to the Philippines and Ryukyu Islands)

noun:

• tying a person's limbs to two or four bulls and making them run in different directions (Warring States-era death penalty)

noun:

• cheek pouch (monkey, squirrel, etc.)
• iron mask that covers the chin and cheeks (worn by samurai)
• Anadara kagoshimensis (species of ark clam) - abbreviation ➜ 猿頰貝

noun:

• Western style residences built mostly for early foreign settlers during the end of the Shogunate and the Meiji era

expression:

• spare the rod and spoil the child; if you love your children, send them out into the world [literal] - proverb

noun:

• Keien period (between the end of the Russo-Japanese War and the Taisho Political Crisis, approx. 1905-1912 CE)

expression:

• he that fights and runs away may live to fight another day; sometimes you have to lose to win - proverb

noun:

• season when the sky is clear and the air warm (spring)
• first ten days of the fourth lunar month ➜ 卯月

noun:

• var. of mochi made from a mixture of rice flour and sweet bean paste (famous product of Kagoshima)

adverb:

• again (and again); once again

noun:

• the five eyes (physical eye, heavenly eye, wisdom eye, dharma eye and Buddha eye) - Buddhism term

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to bore; to tire; to weary; to stultify ➜ 飽かす
• to use lavishly (and without regret) - often intransitively as 〜に飽かせて

adverb / noun:

• annually; every year; year in and year out; from year to year - four character idiom

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to bore; to tire; to weary; to stultify
• to use lavishly (and without regret) - often intransitively as 〜に飽かして

noun:

• lighthouse
• old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it