noun:

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

noun:

• kabuki dance in which the dancer quickly changes his clothes seven times ➜ 七変化【しちへんげ】
• the seven common disguises of ninja

adverb:

• along the road (e.g. following its curves without turning off at any intersection); along the street

expression:

• inability to discern the truth due to conflicting testimony (name derived the Akutagawa Ryūnosuke story "In A Grove")

noun:

• Shogitai (group of former Tokugawa retainers opposed to the Meiji government who fought in the battle of Ueno) ➜ 上野戦争

noun:

• (in China) 12th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. C sharp) ➜ 十二律・上無
• tenth month of the lunar calendar

noun:

• (in China) 11th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. C) ➜ 十二律
• ninth month of the lunar calendar

noun:

• widow (one or more lines separated from the rest of the preceding passage by page or column break) - obscure term - IT term ➜ 分断前部

noun:

• orphan (one or more lines separated from the rest of the following passage by page or paragraph break) - obscure term - IT term ➜ 分断後部

noun:

• orangespot surgeonfish (Acanthurus olivaceus, species of tang found from the eastern Indian Ocean to the Pacific); orangeband surgeonfish

noun:

• court of law in the Edo period, in which the parties sat on white sand - archaism

noun:

• arrow with feathers that curve to the left (the first of two arrows to be fired) ➜ 乙矢

noun:

• sword-shaped stoneware found in archeological sites in eastern Japan dating to the end of the Jomon period

noun:

• milk shark (Rhizoprionodon acutus, species of requiem shark found in the eastern Atlantic and the Indo-Pacific) ➜ ミルクシャーク

noun:

• banishment (to a somewhat distant province); middle-degree punishment of the three banishment punishments under the ritsuryo system

noun / ~する noun:

• purchase; buying; buying out

noun / ~する noun / transitive:

• buying used articles as a company; trade-in; buy back

noun / ~する noun:

• purchase on a no-return policy

noun:

• lump-sum payment; flat fee

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be the first to speak; to break the silence - idiom
• to open something for the first time; to broach (e.g. a cask); to break a seal; to break open

expression:

• better the devil you know than the devil you don't know; better the ogre you know than the Buddha you don't [literal] - proverb

expression:

• better the devil you know than the devil you don't know; better the ogre you know than the god you don't [literal] - proverb ➜ 知らぬ仏より馴染みの鬼

noun:

• mirror-shaped mochi, usu. a pair stacked in order of size with a daidai on top, used as a New Year offering, then cut and eaten on January 11.

noun:

• passing a bone fragment from one pair of chopsticks to another while placing the remains of the deceased in a funerary urn; two people picking up the same bone fragment with chopsticks at the same time
• passing food from one pair of chopsticks to another (a breach of etiquette); two people picking up the same piece of food with chopsticks at the same time ➜ 拾い箸

noun:

• bath; bathtub ➜ お風呂
• bathroom; bathhouse
• room for drying lacquerware
• base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)

expression:

• even the patience of a saint eventually runs out; (if you touch) the Buddha's face three times (he will get annoyed) [literal] - proverb

noun:

• Aum Shinrikyo; Japanese religious group responsible for the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to do reverence (e.g. before a statue of the Buddha); to pay one's respects
• to beg; to make a supplication
• to see (something or someone of high status) - sometimes used sarcastically in modern Japanese - humble language