noun:

• (received) favor, kindness or blessing (favour) - honorific language ➜ 恩

noun:

• cooking over the fire of an unclean home or a home in mourning; food prepared over the fire of an unclean home or a home in mourning ➜ 別火

noun:

• door made of one or several wooden planks and no door framework ➜ 桟唐戸

noun:

• method of dyeing in which a color repeatedly goes from dense to diffuse, diffuse to dense - imported from western China and used in Buddhist pictures, temple ornaments, etc., during the Nara and Heian periods

noun:

• do-or-die game; crucial contest

noun:

• beauty of form or proportion (in a created object); solid beauty

noun:

• fish sauce made of salted and fermented sardines, mackerel, or squid; a specialty of the Noto Peninsula of Ishikawa Prefecture

noun:

• vinegar used to wash or season seafood - obscure term - Food term ➜ 酢洗い

noun:

• money to cover the cost of preparations or arrangements

noun:

• board or officer's meeting

noun:

• fireplace or hearth dug into the ground or floor ➜ 囲炉裏

noun:

• civic or citizenship education

noun:

• garment worn under the hanpi undergarment or hou robe in court ceremonial dress - archaism ➜ 半臂・袍

noun / ~する noun:

• getting or keeping acquainted with; keeping or establishing useful contacts

noun:

• beautiful shape or form

noun:

• closing recital that transfers the merit of the service to a buddha, a bodhisattva, or the dead - Buddhism term

noun:

• worn or soiled with handling

noun:

• identity or background check (often to see if someone is a burakumin) - colloquialism

noun:

• original spelling or kana usage
• spelling in original language (for words transliterated into another language or script)

noun:

• temple hall commemorating its founding or its founder

noun:

• type of dyeing method or pattern; silk printed by the Yuzen process - abbreviation ➜ 友禅染

noun:

• skin eruptions caused by a cold or fever - obscure term ➜ ほろ子【ほろし】

expression:

• somehow or other

noun:

• late-autumn or early-winter dew
• "cold dew" solar term (approx. Oct. 8) ➜ 二十四節気

noun:

• site of a Buddhist mortuary tablet