noun:

• peasants chosen to carry the payment of a tax (in kind) to the capital (ritsuryo system) - archaism

noun:

• canoe, etc. in very clear water (illusion of flying)

pronoun:

• Flying Canoe (Canadian folk-tale)

noun:

• leg trip (in sumo, judo, etc.) - Sumo, Martial Arts term
• foothold; pedal

adverbial noun:

• nearly (used to estimate a period of time by rounding up incomplete units) ➜ 丸【まる】

noun:

• zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects
• hornbeam (deciduous tree in the birch family) ［四手・垂］

expression:

• if even the most crooked person is surrounded by good people, he will straighten up as does mugwort growing in a hemp field

adjectival noun / noun:

• inhuman; immoral; unreasonable; outrageous; wicked - archaism ➜ 無道

noun:

• (the crime of) barbarity (such as killing three people in one family, or dismembering a corpse) ➜ 八虐

noun:

• maki sushi typically made from eel and cucumber, often with a face-like pattern when cut - from うなぎ and かっぱ
• mascot character used by Tajimi City in Gifu

noun:

• Cakraratna; wheel-shaped treasure possessed by the ideal universal ruler, carried in front of him during excursions to allow easy passage - Buddhism term ➜ 転輪王・法輪

noun:

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

adjective:

• near; close; short (distance)
• close (in time); soon
• close (relationship); friendly; intimate
• closely related
• similar; likeworthy; almost the same

noun:

• a verse (e.g. in the Bible); stanza; paragraph; passage; a joint; section; a tune; note; strain; measure

noun:

• western direction
• Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise) ［さいほう］ - abbreviation - Buddhism term ➜ 西方浄土
• western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo) ［にしがた］ - Martial Arts term

noun:

• conduct; behaviour
• movements; gesture; one's carriage
• performance (on stage, etc.); dance; acting
• dance (in kabuki); dance play - abbreviation ➜ 所作事

noun:

• unrhymed non-metrical Japanese popular love song or limerick in the 7-7-7-5 syllable pattern - obscure term - obsolete term - archaism

noun:

• international marriage which is recognized in only one party's country (e.g. same-sex marriage, polygamy, underage marriage)

noun:

• children's haircut having hair in the rear that reaches the nape of the neck - archaism

expression / noun:

• fruits of one's wife's labour (in assisting her husband's career, e.g. by running the household)

noun:

• flipping (e.g. coin)
• two-timing; changing sides - slang
• zapping; channel-surfing ➜ ザッピング
• flipping; ring inversion - Chemistry term ➜ 環反転
• flipping; casting technique in fishing

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for
• to indulge in; to devour greedily

adjectival noun:

• flat; level; even

noun:

• flat (e.g. in 10 seconds flat); exactly
• flat - Music term ➜ シャープ
• flat; apartment

expression / ichidan verb:

• to (keep in) mind; to give heed to; to pay attention to

adverb / noun:

• annually; every year; year in and year out; from year to year - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• being immersed in water; being drowned
• being infatuated; being dazed; being blinded by

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to place (in relation to the whole); to rank; to position; to locate

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain