noun:

• tying a person's limbs to two or four bulls and making them run in different directions (Warring States-era death penalty)

noun:

• cheek pouch (monkey, squirrel, etc.)
• iron mask that covers the chin and cheeks (worn by samurai)
• Anadara kagoshimensis (species of ark clam) - abbreviation ➜ 猿頰貝

noun:

• Western style residences built mostly for early foreign settlers during the end of the Shogunate and the Meiji era

expression:

• spare the rod and spoil the child; if you love your children, send them out into the world [literal] - proverb

noun:

• Keien period (between the end of the Russo-Japanese War and the Taisho Political Crisis, approx. 1905-1912 CE)

expression:

• he that fights and runs away may live to fight another day; sometimes you have to lose to win - proverb

noun:

• season when the sky is clear and the air warm (spring)
• first ten days of the fourth lunar month ➜ 卯月

adverb:

• again (and again); once again

noun:

• the five eyes (physical eye, heavenly eye, wisdom eye, dharma eye and Buddha eye) - Buddhism term

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to bore; to tire; to weary; to stultify ➜ 飽かす
• to use lavishly (and without regret) - often intransitively as 〜に飽かせて

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to bore; to tire; to weary; to stultify
• to use lavishly (and without regret) - often intransitively as 〜に飽かして

noun:

• lighthouse
• old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it

noun:

• dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon) ➜ ドラゴン
• naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology
• promoted rook ［りゅう・りょう］ - abbreviation - Shōgi term ➜ 竜王【りゅうおう】

noun / ~する noun:

• electric short-circuit
• drawing a hasty inference between two events; jumping to a quick conclusion; dealing with matters quickly and carelessly

noun:

• pitcher; water jug; watering can
• container of fresh water for replenishing the kettle and rinsing bowls (tea ceremony) - usu. not 水差し

noun:

• appearance; look; countenance
• a 'seeming' that fortune-tellers relate to one's fortune ➜ 女難の相
• aspect - Linguistics term
• phase (e.g. solid, liquid and gaseous) - Physics term

noun:

• Scan Talk (brand name for a barcode system for recording and playing back brief sequences of sound)

noun:

• slotted dome cast iron grill for preparing the Genghis Khan dish
• Japanese mutton and vegetable dish ➜ ジンギス汗料理

noun:

• dish of fish or meat flavoured with soy sauce, mirin, etc., coated with starch and then deep-fried - Food term

noun:

• kitchen with a small counter for eating, usu. allowing a view into the living and dining rooms - From English "counter kitchen"

noun:

• sheathing (under thatched roofing) - abbreviation
• lath (used as a foundation for a mud plaster wall)
• decorative rafters (of alternating wood and bamboo) ➜ 桟竹

expression:

• we have piped unto you and ye have not danced; people ignoring one's invitation or effort to do something together - from Matthew 11:17 - idiom

noun:

• spirit of someone on the first O-Bon after their death ➜ 御盆
• the recently departed (and buried or cremated, etc.)

noun:

• cloudy sky that appears when the migrating birds that stayed for winter and autumn in Japan leave to go north