expression / noun:

• being quiet and meek (in contrast to normal behaviour); being as meek as a lamb; a borrowed cat [literal] - idiom

noun:

• kobold (evil spirit in German folklore); goblin - From German "Kobolt"

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to writhe (in pain)

expression / noun:

• (being in) reduced circumstances; (having) fallen into poverty

noun:

• anal character (in psychoanalysis)

noun:

• clapper (two long pieces of wood that are clapped together; used in gagaku, etc.)

noun:

• memorial services for the founder of the sect (esp. for Shinran in Shin Buddhism) - Buddhism term

noun:

• shielding gas (in welding)

adjectival noun:

• neglectful (i.e. in the treatment of one's guests)

noun:

• ash glaze (type of fundamental glaze used in ancient times made from the ashes of raw materials such as unhulled rice, straw, oak and pine)

suffix / counter:

• counter for soakings (of fabric in a dye) - archaism

noun:

• sleight of hand (e.g. in magic tricks) - From English

noun:

• Wu and Yue (two rival states in ancient China) ➜ 呉【ご】・越【えつ】

noun:

• same hole (in which to live)
• gang; group

noun:

• purlin (structural beam in a roof); purline

noun:

• Dongba script (used by the Naxi People in southern China); Tomba script; Tompa script

noun:

• flour made from parched rice or barley (can be mixed in hot water and drunk)

noun:

• explosive blast (in construction, mining, etc.); blasting

noun:

• thick-bordered box or table (in forms, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• drinking everything (in one's glass, etc.)

noun:

• horses 4 or more years old (usu. in racing)

noun / ~する noun:

• winning (in a lottery, raffle, etc.)

noun:

• Heniochus (genus of fish in the family Chaetodontidae)

noun:

• Trimma grammistes (species of small goby found in Japan and Taiwan)

noun:

• ten-night memorial service (6th to 15th days of the 10th month in the lunar calendar) - Buddhism term ➜ 十夜粥【じゅうやがゆ】