noun / ~する noun:

• stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others

noun:

• public bathhouse
• building with a bath (esp. in a shrine or temple)

noun:

• hairstyle of Meiji and Taisho era, featuring a bun resembling a halved peach

noun:

• approach (to a castle gate)
• front of a structural member ➜ 見込み【みこみ】

noun:

• nakamise; shops lining a passageway in the precincts of a Shinto shrine

expression:

• to have a comeback (i.e. a reason, or rationalization) for every remark - idiom

noun:

• clasp or ring for attaching a pendant to a chain

particle:

• a sort of thing like; used after a phrase to modify the following noun

expression:

• the smartest thing in a tight situation is to beat a retreat - proverb ➜ 三十六計

noun:

• alms-giver; person who donates to a monk or a temple; dana-pati

noun:

• drawing a dish towards oneself using one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette)

noun:

• corpus delicti (concrete evidence of a crime, e.g. a bullet-riddled body)

noun:

• having a small mouth; eating only a little - female language
• topmouth gudgeon (Pseudorasbora parva) ➜ 持子
• barracuda ➜ 梭魚

noun:

• dwelling place of a god (usu. in reference to a large rock) - archaism

noun:

• agency (government department between a ministry and a bureau under the ritsuryo system) ➜ 律令制

noun:

• use of a verb or adjective conjugation (esp. ren'yōkei) as a noun ➜ 連用形

noun:

• two-storied pagoda (with a square base, pent roof and a round top) ➜ 裳階

noun / ~する noun:

• tucking up the sleeves of a kimono with a tasuki ➜ 繦

noun / ~する noun:

• forced relocation of a daimyo to a different domain by the Edo shogunate

noun:

• tie-dyeing - archaism - obscure term
• heraldic design of a square with a hole in the center - obscure term

interjection:

• heigh-hoh; heave-ho ➜ どっこい
• used as a meaningless word in a song for rhythm ➜ どっこい

noun:

• winning hand formed by drawing a replacement tile after declaring a kong - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ 嶺上牌

noun / ~する noun:

• turning (a comic, novel, etc.) into a serialized TV-show; dramatization

noun / ~する noun:

• bogging down; dragging on; turning into a quagmire; becoming mired in a mess

noun:

• returning of a package to depot after a failed delivery attempt