noun:

• band of warriors (often formed from related or dependent families); group of samurai

noun:

• employer from whom one has received a unofficial offer of employment; prospective employer

noun:

• hoverboard; hover board; fictional hovering skateboard from the Back to the Future series

noun:

• spot removal, esp. from the skin - usu. シミ取り ➜ 染み【しみ】
• spot remover (carpets, etc.) - usu. 染み取り ➜ 染み【しみ】

expression / noun:

• person who steals money from the workplace; embezzler; untrustworthy person

expression / godan ~ぶ verb:

• (for a conversation) to wander from the subject; to get off track

noun / ~する noun:

• preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; inducement to stay
• being stranded; grounding
• level dyeing ［足留め・足留］

noun:

• sliding door (esp. when removed from its frame and used for carrying things or people)
• large flounder - abbreviation ➜ 戸板平目

noun:

• light, thin, single-layer kimono (esp. from hemp or raw silk, for summer use)
• shroud; burial clothes - abbreviation ➜ 経帷子

noun:

• having sticky fingers; compulsive thievery
• habitual movement of one's hands
• marks from being handled often

noun:

• modal shift (esp. changes in freight transport, e.g. from air to sea)

noun:

• water-filled bamboo tube which clacks against a stone when emptied; device for scaring birds from gardens ➜ 添水

noun / ~する noun:

• killing oneself by jumping (e.g. from a tall building); plunging to one's death

interjection:

• buh-boo (from sound of 'wrong' buzzer in quiz shows, used when somebody says an incorrect answer) - colloquialism Antonym: ピンポン

noun:

• kousso (vermifuge made from pistillate brayera flowers); kosso; cusso; koso - obscure term ➜ 苦蘇

noun:

• dried giant elephant ear stem from Higo province (eaten or used as a sex aid) ➜ 蓮芋

noun:

• round plaque carrying the image of a Buddha (usually hammered from behind) used in temples and shrines

noun:

• dirndl; traditional dress from Bavaria, Austria and South Tyrol

noun:

• spotted unicornfish (Naso maculatus, species of Pacific tang found from Japan and Lord Howe Island to Hawaii)

noun:

• April Theses; series of directives issued by Lenin after his return from exile

noun:

• threadfin scat (Rhinoprenes pentanemus, species of Western Pacific spadefish found from Papua New Guinea to northern Australia)

noun:

• humpback batfish (Platax batavianus, species of Indo-West Pacific spadefish found from Madagascar to Indonesia and Australia)

noun:

• stew prepared from ingredients contributed by members of a party, and eaten in the dark for fun ➜ 闇汁

noun:

• stew prepared from ingredients contributed by members of a party, and eaten in the dark for fun ➜ 闇鍋

noun:

• wooden transport ship used on Lake Biwa ➜ 丸子船
• vessel made from logs, e.g. large dugout canoe