noun:

• flute used to lure green pheasants (imitates the pheasant's song) - obscure term

expression / noun:

• having one's guts twisted in anguish; deep grief; heartbroken thoughts ➜ 九回【きゅうかい】

noun:

• buckwheat noodles given to one's new neighbors after moving in - from おそばに参りました

noun:

• protective shield (in children's games); immunity - children's language - obscure term

interjection:

• pull together!; give it your best shot!; let's do this!

expression / noun:

• menial services (e.g. kitchen work); serving one's master unsparingly - usu. as 薪水の労をとる

noun:

• marrow; pith
• centre; center; nucleus; hub
• bottom of one's heart

expression / noun:

• mother's feeling as she waits for her child to return ➜ 倚門の望

expression / noun:

• mother's feeling as she waits for her child to return

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to bask in the sun lying flat on one's belly ➜ 甲羅干し

noun:

• lussekatt; Scandinavian saffron bun traditionally eaten on St Lucy's Day - From Swedish

~の noun / noun:

• reserve; spare
• treasured; valued
• (ace) up one's sleeve; trump ➜ とっておき

noun:

• campaign against the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty (1959-60, 1970)

noun:

• paper towels (for drying one's hands) - From English "towel paper"

noun:

• backwater ➜ バックウォーター
• standing with one's back to water (river, lake, etc.) - archaism

noun:

• one's repertoire of pitches - usu. 持ち球 - Baseball term
• balls at hand (in pachinko) - usu. 持ち玉

noun:

• chaperoning; monitoring someone's behaviour
• watchdog; chaperone; watcher

noun:

• monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; non-human primate ➜ ニホンザル
• sly person - derogatory term
• idiot; hick - derogatory term
• sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut)
• clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook ➜ 自在鉤
• bathhouse prostitute - archaism ➜ 湯女

noun:

• anchor (of a ship) ➜ 錨【いかり】
• last runner or swimmer in a relay team
• news anchor; news presenter - abbreviation ➜ アンカーマン
• anchor (clock component); pallet fork ➜ アンクル
• anchor (HTML) - IT term
• link to previous post (e.g. in web forums) - IT term ➜ レスアンカー

noun:

• a number of interesting stories; book containing a number of interesting stories

noun:

• food served on a table (esp. food served on a small Japanese table) ➜ 膳部

~の noun / adjectival noun:

• high (e.g. ball in baseball); highish; on the high side
• on the expensive side; comparatively expensive ➜ 安め【やすめ】

noun:

• wait tile which produces a winning hand with a higher score - Mahjong term

expression:

• all men are alike; all lives are alike; all men live and die; we all bleed the same; a pike conger has one life, a shrimp does too [literal] - proverb

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make a mess of it; to make a hash of it; to fail and lose face; to embarrass oneself
• to spread miso (e.g. on konnyaku) - orig. meaning

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to carry up; to bring up; to lift up
• to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery)