noun / ~する noun:

• release (from custody); discharge; liberation; setting free; letting go; letting off; acquittal

noun:

• gentle spring rain
• thin noodles made from bean starch (or potato starch) ［はるさめ］

noun:

• stab wound; puncture wound; bite (e.g. from a insect); sting; prick

noun:

• sunrise viewed from the top of a high mountain; the rising sun

noun / ~する noun:

• kowtow (bow made from a kneeling position wherein the forehead touches the ground)

expression:

• refraining from offering the (New Year's) greetings during the period of mourning - four character idiom

noun:

• emotional effect on pet owners from losing their pet - From English "pet loss"

noun:

• foreign lands - derogatory term
• clans supposedly descended from foreign lineage (i.e. Chinese or Korean)

noun:

• Imperial Shrine of Special Status (receiving some support from the Imperial Household Department) - obsolete term ➜ 官幣社

noun:

• loaner vehicle (e.g. from a garage which is repairing one's vehicle)

noun:

• Dumeril's monitor (Varanus dumerilii, species of carnivorous monitor lizard from Southeast Asia)

noun:

• foreign religion (from Japan's perspective, esp. Christianity) ［がいきょう］
• religion other than Buddhism - esp. げきょう - Buddhism term Antonym: 内教

noun:

• small boat used for unloading goods from a large boat anchored nearby

noun:

• red vinegar made from fermented sake lees - Food term
• plum vinegar with perilla leaves added - Food term ➜ 白酢

noun:

• term used in translation; translation equivalent
• word borrowed and translated from another language

noun:

• daily life noise; household noises; noise that arises at home from everyday occurrences

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:

• 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

noun:

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

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving one's seat (before an event is over); excusing oneself (from a meeting, conversation, etc.)

noun:

• high decorated building
• picture-perfect mansion; stately home that looks as if it were from a painting

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