noun:

• fulcrum peg (fitted into the cavity in an oar as part of a traditional oarlock) - obscure term ➜ 櫓杭

noun:

• homophone; word with the same pronunciation and similar meaning as another but a different written form

noun / ~する noun:

• re-pellet (plastics industry); regrind; grinding plastic scraps into small pieces as a form of recycling

noun:

• unlucky direction (in Onmyōdō; due to the presence of a god such as Ten'ichijin) - archaism ➜ 陰陽道・天一神・方違え

noun:

• boiled pine pitch and oil (traditionally used as a glue in archery, etc.)

expression:

• in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se

noun:

• baldness; bald head
• children's hairstyle of short untied hair; children with short untied hair ［かぶろ・かむろ］
• young girl working as a servant for a high-class prostitute (Edo period) ［かぶろ・かむろ］ ➜ 太夫・天神
• idiot; moron - derogatory term - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• thin leather with gold patterns (introduced from Europe during the Edo period)

expression:

• It's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; They to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep; Poor thinking is futile; Inadequate ideas are worse than none at all - proverb ➜ 下手の考え休むに似たり

expression:

• It's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; They to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep; Poor thinking is futile; Inadequate ideas are worse than none at all - proverb ➜ 下手な考え休むに似たり

noun:

• grammatical rule allowing the usage of the continuative form as a conjunction

noun:

• envelope containing betrothal money and given as part of a betrothal gift

noun:

• using money as a weapon; power of money

noun:

• student's handbook; small notebook that also acts as a student ID

adverb:

• at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much (far) as possible

noun:

• stone weight (as used on pickle-tub covers) - esp. 重石 - abbreviation ➜ 重し石
• weight (as used in balances)

expression / adverb:

• with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can

noun:

• (as used in Northern Japan) greenling ➜ 鮎魚女
• (as used in Kochi and surrounds) medaka ricefish ➜ 目高

noun / ~の noun:

• high speed; rapidity

noun:

• rapid-service train (not as fast as express); rapid train - abbreviation ➜ 快速電車

adverb / noun:

• (sound) of clashing swords; (arguing) as fiercely as clashing and blocking swords - four character idiom

noun:

• as freely as one pleases; at will; to one's heart's content - four character idiom

noun:

• autumn where the foliage is as beautiful as brocade; autumn with beautiful leaves ➜ 錦繍

expression:

• Riches and honors are as fleeting as floating clouds; Fortune and fame are here today, gone tomorrow - four character idiom

expression:

• when one door is shut, another is open; the world is as kind as it is cruel - proverb

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to lose a battle to win the war; to incur damage so as to inflict greater damage on a foe; to allow one's flesh to be cut in order to sever another's bone [literal] - idiom