noun:

• piece of wood at front edge of entranceway floor; agarikamachi

noun:

• sweet adzuki bean paste made of a mixture of mashed and whole beans

noun:

• video containing a slideshow of still images (usually of women) - From English "image video"

noun / adjectival noun:

• love of cleanliness; liking to keep things clean; tidiness (of people); neatness

noun:

• Sasamorpha borealis (species of bamboo grass unique to Japan) - archaism ➜ 篠竹【すずたけ】
• shoots of this plant

noun:

• genre of Heian-period Japanese court music (primarily consisting of gagaku-styled folk melodies)

noun:

• type of hanging scroll (made from paper of approx. 130cm x 30cm in size)

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• old model (of an appliance, etc.); becoming outdated

noun:

• drop (type of metal casting defect)

expression / noun / ~する noun:

• loss of momentum or follow-through as a result of impact; getting knocked aside - Sports term

noun:

• there (place relatively near listener) ➜ 何処・此処・彼処
• there (place just mentioned); that place
• then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised)
• you - archaism

expression:

• if you do a favor for somebody, you will get a return favor; if the water is kind to fish, the fish will be friendly toward water too [literal]; mutual back-scratching - idiom ➜ 魚心あれば水心

noun:

• to enrol in a temple school; child enrolled in a temple school ➜ 寺子屋
• incarcerating a criminal in a temple as a form of punishment (popular during the latter Muromachi and Azuchi-Momoyama periods)
• to go to a temple and repent (following a disaster, etc.)

noun:

• seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; kind; variety; quality; tone
• material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); subject; theme; (news) copy
• ingredient; leaven (bread); main ingredient of a sushi - Food term
• cause; source
• trick; secret; magician's trick; inside story
• paternal blood; lineage ➜ 胤
• breed (of a stock); sperm; semen

noun:

• middle of a field; middle of a country; field of contest

noun:

• free markets and open guilds (policy enacted by daimyo in the Azuchimomoyama Period (1573-1598) that weakened the strict regulations surrounding business establishment in market places and important cities, allowing new businesses to open in Joka-machi market places)

conjunction:

• even if that isn't the case; even though that isn't the case

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to differ (from); to vary
• to not be in the usual condition
• to not match the correct (answer, etc.)
• to be different from promised ➜ 話が違う

expression:

• isn't it?; wasn't it? - at sentence-end; oft. as 〜のと違うか - Kansai dialect

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to disappear into; to be lost in; to slip into; to get mixed in among
• to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.)
• to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar
• to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.); to forget about
• to be distracted by; to be too absorbed in

godan ~う verb:

• to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to be fulfilled - esp. 叶う
• to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to conform to (standards, rules, etc.); to be consistent with - esp. 適う ➜ 道理に適う
• to match (implies competition); to rival; to bear (e.g. the heat) - esp. 敵う, usu. with neg. verb

noun:

• grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); blessing
• assistance; help; aid
• effects; influence ➜ お蔭で

noun:

• fixed number of regular personnel; staff quota; complement
• capacity (of boat, hall, aeroplane, airplane, etc.)

noun:

• crown (of head); summit (of mountain); spire - esp. 頂
• easy win for one - 頂き,戴き
• something received - 頂き,戴き

noun / ~する noun:

• pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements

adjectival noun / adverb / noun / ~の noun:

• syrupy; muddled - onomatopoeia

~の noun:

• muddy ➜ 泥

~する noun:

• sordid

~と adverb:

• rumble (e.g. of drums, of thunder); peal; boom - onomatopoeia

noun:

• combination; assortment (of goods); assorted basket or box (e.g. of chocolates)