expression:

• suffix used to negate a verb in the past tense - polite language - archaism ➜ ませんでした

expression:

• suffix used to negate a verb in the non-past tense - Kansai dialect ➜ ない

interjection:

• humph; hmph

noun:

• short clip used to begin and end commercial breaks on Japanese TV - From English "eyecatch"

noun:

• mother (fungal colony used to start fermentation); starter culture; seed fungus

noun:

• cabinet with double doors (used by the nobility to store books, etc.) ➜ 厨子

noun:

• stick used to drive off birds (during the New Year's procession) - archaism ➜ 鳥追

noun:

• vase used to hold flower offerings (often made of gilded copper) - Buddhism term

expression / noun:

• good thing; nice thing ➜ いい事【いいこと】
• good excuse; good grounds; good opportunity - usu. as 〜を良いことに(して) ➜ いい事【いいこと】

interjection:

• interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response - female language ➜ いい事【いいこと】

expression:

• to the previous extent; as much as previously; as much as one used to - sometines written 前程

noun:

• grass used for thatching; sedge used for thatching

noun:

• fish, chicken, shellfish, etc. blanched by exposure to boiling and then icy water ➜ 霜降り

noun:

• night-soil vault; clay pot used to collect feces in an outhouse ➜ 汲み取り便所・壷【つぼ】・便槽

noun:

• dogcatcher; person who used to catch dogs and execute them for rabies prevention - slang

noun:

• 1.818 m (6 shaku)

counter:

• counter used to number the gaps between pillars

noun:

• kindling; small bits of scrap wood used to fuel a stove - obscure term

noun:

• dong quai (aromatic herb used to treat various gynecological symptoms, Angelica sinensis) ➜ 当帰

noun:

• hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
• clan - archaism

interjection:

• exclamation used to scold practitioners (in Zen)

noun:

• scolding or threatening with a shout

noun:

• striker (triangular piece of steel used with flint to create sparks)

noun:

• public storehouse used to store grain or valuables collected for taxation (ritsuryo system)

noun:

• mechanism used to lift an actor onto the stage (in kabuki)

noun:

• inaw (ritual wood shaving stick used in Ainu prayers to the spiritual world.) - From Ainu

noun:

• rod used to ward off calamities (usu. made of holly olive) - archaism

godan ~む verb:

• to hold fast deep in (one's mouth or other orifice, often used in a sexual context)
• to bring in a man for sex

noun:

• numbered ticket (e.g. to determine order of service in shop, etc.)
• zone ticket; boarding ticket; bus ticket dispensed at boarding, used to show where one boarded