noun:

• legendary monster resembling a flying squirrel
• Japanese giant flying squirrel (Petaurista leucogenys) - orig. meaning ➜ ムササビ
• Japanese dish prepared with cooked fish and chicken - esp. 野衾 - Food term

noun:

• unloading a barge
• small pieces of fried tofu
• palanquin that carried guests to and from the red light district

godan ~く verb:

• to dawdle; to waste time doing nothing in particular
• to fret; to sulk; to complain
• to rain on and off

noun:

• paper width
• allotted number of pages (e.g. for article in magazine); assigned space
• binding for calligraphy and paintings

adverb:

• much; remarkably; noticeably
• not at all (with neg. verb)
• quickly and vigorously; unhesitatingly

noun:

• the four elements (earth, water, fire, wind) - Buddhism term
• the human body
• Tao, heaven, earth and king

noun:

• wooden dolls - abbreviation ➜ 木目込人形
• type of theatrical makeup
• type of artwork using paper, cloth and paste

noun:

• rolling (something); knocking down - abbreviation
• fishing with multiple hooks on a weighted line ➜ 転がし釣り
• repeatedly buying and selling

noun:

• double doors opening from the centre

~の noun:

• double-opening from the centre (e.g. doors, casement windows, etc.)

noun:

• method of filleting fish, chicken, etc. with a central cut and peeling back the flesh

noun:

• bamboo flute
• bamboo for making flutes
• wind and string instruments

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to hide; to conceal
• to lower volume (of a sound or one's voice) so as not to be heard
• to become quiet and inconspicuous

noun:

• defence of Buddhist doctrines; god who defends Buddhist doctrines - Buddhism term
• defence of the constitution
• religious power to dispel demons and diseases

noun:

• red eyes; bloodshot eyes
• red-eye ➜ 赤目現象
• red mullet (Chelon haematocheilus) - usually written using kana alone ➜ 赤目魚
• facial gesture of pulling one's eyelid down and sticking out one's tongue

noun:

• miniature shrine with double doors (used to store important Buddhist items such as sutras, etc.)
• cabinet with double doors (used by the nobility to store books, etc.) ➜ 厨子棚
• (in Okinawa) carved and decorated stone container for storing the bones of one's ancestors ➜ 厨子甕

noun:

• ethics; moral philosophy
• (the study of) Confucianism (esp. neo-Confucianism)
• (the study of) Taoism
• Edo-period popularized blend of Buddhist, Shinto and Confucian ethical teachings (popularised) ➜ 石門心学

noun:

• finishing reading

noun / ~の noun:

• non-serialised story (e.g. in a magazine); complete story

noun:

• breaks and pauses (in a sentence) ➜ 句読

noun:

• district; quarter
• enclosure; area enclosed by earthwork
• red-light district

prefix / suffix:

• wide and empty ［廓］

noun:

• (finger) ring ➜ 指輪
• metal thimble ➜ 指貫【ゆびぬき】
• ring used to constrict a finger to make it small and beautiful - archaism

noun / adjectival noun:

• unfinished; unripe; incomplete

noun:

• unfermented narezushi; unfermented brine-pickled sushi ➜ 熟れ鮨
• noh mask with slightly protruding horns and frizzy hair (representing a woman on her way to becoming a hannya) ➜ 般若

noun / suffix noun:

• broken piece

suffix noun:

• below (a certain level, point, quantity, etc.); dropping below

noun:

• illegal downloading and distribution of commercial software; warez - slang - IT term ➜ ワレズ

noun:

• soldiers of the ritsuryo system that guarded gates of the imperial palace, the court, etc.
• term used in error to refer to young men that were made to do forced labour in the ritsuryo system
• guards originally stationed at the grand shrine at Ise and shrine at Atsuta, Nagoya to protect the officials there

adverb / ~と adverb:

• (dying) suddenly - onomatopoeia
• (breaking) brittly; with a snap - onomatopoeia
• softly and swellingly - onomatopoeia

noun:

• new moon - Astronomy term
• first day of the lunar month
• (in ancient China) next year's calendar and decrees (distributed by the Emperor at year's end)

noun:

• magazine published by fans; fanzine
• publication aimed at a particular hobby group
• publication sold directly, and not via commercial publishers

suffix:

• -ness (nominalizing suffix, esp. of sensory or subjective adjectives) - also written with the ateji 味 ➜ 甘み
• nominalizing suffix indicating location ➜ 深み
• (as ...mi ...mi) alternating between ... and ... ➜ 降りみ降らずみ