noun:

• iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards

suffix:

• -ness (nominalizing suffix, esp. of sensory or subjective adjectives) - also written with the ateji 味 ➜ 甘み
• nominalizing suffix indicating location ➜ 深み
• (as ...mi ...mi) alternating between ... and ... ➜ 降りみ降らずみ

noun:

• vessel for replenishing inkstone water ➜ 水滴【すいてき】
• container of fresh water for replenishing the kettle and rinsing bowls (tea ceremony)

noun:

• weather wheel; pillar found near graveyards and temples with a wheel attached to it that can be used to communicate with the dead, as well as for divination
• sun pillar ➜ 太陽柱

noun:

• individually "washing" a partner's fingers or toes in one's vagina (esp. as a service at a soapland) - slang ➜ ソープランド

expression:

• to make a personal judgment on a problem with little insight; to look at the sky through a tube (Zhuangzi) [literal] ➜ 管窺【かんき】

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to fall down (e.g. off a chair); to slip down (e.g. one's eyeglasses); to slide down
• to make a fool of oneself
• to whoop it up; to be on the spree; to cut loose; to mess around

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to change; to swap; to substitute; to transfer
• to change the object of one's interest or focus
• to spend or take time
• to infect ➜ 風邪を移す
• to permeate something with the smell or colour of something
• to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.) ➜ 実行に移す

noun:

• prefecture-by-prefecture map; atlas of Japan divided by prefecture; map of a single prefecture

noun:

• Yamataikoku; historical Japanese state thought to have existed during the late Yayoi period

noun:

• controversy over school textbooks (i.e. history texts avoiding reference to Japanese military, etc. acts)

noun:

• Ming & Xing-era Chinese music (as popularized in Japan before the First Sino-Japanese war) ➜ 清楽・明楽

noun:

• kakko; Japanese hourglass drum, played with sticks on both sides, traditionally used in gagaku - Music term

noun:

• high-grade Japanese fresh confections (usu. colorful sculpted mochi in seasonal designs around bean paste)

noun:

• political disturbance; political change; change of government; political upheaval; overthrowing of a government; coup d'état; coup; revolution

noun:

• tall, lanky person; bean pole

adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• tall and thin; tall and lanky

noun:

• broom (esp. one for sweeping a silkworm-raising room on the first Day of the Rat of the New Year)
• plant used for constructing brooms (e.g. kochia) ➜ 箒草
• liquor; alcohol; sake

noun:

• a woman becoming a Buddha; a woman entering Nirvana - Buddhism term

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to crow at the break of dawn (of a rooster, etc.); to mark the dawn; to proclaim the dawn

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to be lost in lust for riches; to throw all caution and conscience away in pursuit of riches ➜ 目が眩む

noun:

• song ［歌・唄］ - 唄 is primarily used for shamisen songs
• classical Japanese poetry (esp. tanka) ［歌］ ➜ 短歌
• modern poetry ［歌・詩］

noun / ~の noun:

• being knowledgeable about Japan; being well versed in Japanese affairs

noun:

• green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor); Japanese pheasant

noun:

• traditional love hotel; traditional Japanese inn specially for couples ➜ 旅館

noun:

• sailfin sandfish (Arctoscopus japonicus); Japanese sandfish