noun:

• ornamental weights used to keep curtains and the like from blowing around in the wind

noun:

• roofed path (lacking walls) connecting the main residence and the side houses (in traditional palatial architecture) ➜ 寝殿造

noun:

• kimono with completely attached sleeves (i.e. lacking an opening on the side under the armpit) ➜ 八つ口

noun:

• Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace ➜ お達し【おたっし】

noun:

• universe - Buddhism term
• realm of thought - Buddhism term
• underlying principle of reality; manifestation of true thusness - Buddhism term
• being jealous of things that have nothing to do with one; being jealous of others who are in love with each other ［ほうかい］ - abbreviation ➜ 法界悋気

noun:

• profile; face in profile; face seen from the side
• (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to wake up; to rouse out of bed
• to knock on the door and wake someone

noun:

• crow in the mountains
• jungle crow (Corvus macrorhynchos) ➜ ハシブトガラス
• rook (species of crow, Corvus frugilegus) ➜ ミヤマガラス
• dark-skinned person - archaism - derogatory term

noun:

• customer at a brothel; john; someone who has forgotten the eight virtues ➜ 八徳
• brothel; owner of a brothel

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.)
• to dry the bottom of a ship (to prevent insect damage)

noun:

• young adult still living at home; dependent ➜ 部屋住み
• female servant working for a lady-in-waiting working in the inner part of a lord's house (Edo period) ➜ 部屋方
• freeloader living in a samurai's house
• young kabuki actor in service of a master (Edo period)

noun:

• stable period (with ref. to pregnancy, typically from 4th month when the placenta is fully formed, morning sickness usually goes away and risk of miscarriage decreases)

noun:

• mythical shark-like demon sea monster with barbed tail fin, said to live off the coast of Matsuura and other places in Western Japan; Beach Stroker

noun:

• the same room; sharing a room; sharers of a room

noun:

• teacher - colloquialism - derogatory term
• previous ruler; previous lord; lord of the previous generation

noun:

• protection law; shield law; law for the protection of something ➜ オゾン層保護法【オゾンそうほごほう】

noun:

• fate; destiny
• connection; tie; bond; origin
• pretext; justification
• hetu and prataya (direct causes and indirect conditions, which underlie the actions of all things) - Buddhism term

noun / ~する noun:

• rendezvous; meeting; assignation

noun:

• area where guests gather before the start of a tea ceremony
• waiting room - abbreviation ➜ 待合室【まちあいしつ】
• meeting place for assignations, drinking, etc. - archaism - abbreviation ➜ 待合茶屋【まちあいぢゃや】

noun / adjectival noun:

• idle and incompetent; accomplishing nothing significant nor being capable of doing so; lacking the talent to do anything but idle away one's time - four character idiom

noun:

• Canopic jar; Canopic vase (used to store the internal organs of an Egyptian mummy)

noun:

• axe murder incident (Aug. 18, 1976); poplar tree incident; killing of two American army officers by North Korean soldiers in the DMZ

noun:

• meeting place; seats for the public
• restaurant dinner tray; set of dishes served on an individual tray for entertaining guests; banquet - abbreviation ➜ 会席料理

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• perversity; perverse person; contrary person; contrarian

noun:

• antagonistic demon in Japanese folklore
• demon under the feet of temple guardian statues

noun:

• immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); Taoist immortal; supernatural being ➜ 仙人
• (in Japan) 11th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. C) ➜ 十二律・無射

noun:

• official post; regular post; permanent office
• principal post (as opposed to secondary post)

pronoun:

• I (of someone in government or the civil service)