adverb:

• sound of something making firm contact with a flat surface - onomatopoeia ➜ ぺたぺた

noun:

• factory worker with a fixed term contract of employment

noun:

• idol (i.e. carving or painting of a deity)

noun:

• rest for the lid of a teakettle (tea ceremony)

noun:

• using two different chopsticks together (a breach of etiquette)

noun:

• platform (e.g. of a party); policy statement; manifesto

~たる adjective / ~と adverb / ~の noun:

• dispersed (of citizens in a war-torn country, etc.)

noun:

• var. of senbei shaped like a Japanese plum

noun:

• title song (of a record) - From English "title tune"

noun:

• (in gagaku or noh) middle section of a song ➜ 序破急

noun:

• lower reaches (e.g. of a valley); downstream sector

noun:

• Goliath birdeater (Theraphosa blondi, a large species of tarantula) ➜ ゴライアスバードイーター

noun:

• center of a flower (centre); pistils and stamens ➜ 花蕊

expression / ~する verb (spec.):

• to apologize for a long neglect of friends (apologise)

noun:

• paper sliding door for the cupboard of a tokonoma ➜ 袋棚

noun:

• type of jōruri (dramatic recitation accompanied by a shamisen) ➜ 浄瑠璃

noun:

• main southern gate (of a temple, castle town, etc.)

noun:

• gate to the garden of a tea ceremony house

noun:

• buying the services of a prostitute; whoring ➜ 傾城買い

noun:

• conclusion; summing up (of a thesis or presentation) - obscure term

noun:

• sutra recitation at the bedside of a deceased person

noun:

• on top of a tall building; balcony; upper floor ➜ 楼閣

noun / ~の noun:

• exemption (e.g. from application of a law); exclusion

noun:

• execution (on the command of a feudal lord) - archaism

noun:

• going out (of a nobleman, etc.); visiting