noun:

• monkey (esp. a gibbon)
• hand of the puppeteer (puppet theatre) ➜ 人形浄瑠璃
• menstrual period - slang
• kappa ➜ 河童

noun:

• pavilion housing the emperor's bathing quarters and dressing chamber (in Heian Palace) ➜ 十七殿

noun:

• outermost enclosure of a castle or fortress (including the town around it)

noun:

• side dish served in order to encourage the consumption of alcohol (kaiseki cuisine) ➜ 懐石料理

noun:

• entertaining people by serving tea (esp. in the Obaku school of Zen) - archaism

noun:

• snow remaining in the form of a mist after it has melted

noun:

• mechanism used to lift an actor onto the stage (in kabuki)

noun:

• inaw (ritual wood shaving stick used in Ainu prayers to the spiritual world.) - From Ainu

noun:

• adult striped mullet ➜ 鯔【ぼら】

adverb:

• in the end; after all is said and done - abbreviation ➜ とどのつまり

expression / noun:

• page in the history books; historical (event); old news

noun:

• double corner approach (tactic in the game of go)

noun:

• poems inscribed beside the stone Buddha Foot monument at Yakushi Temple in Nara

noun:

• poems inscribed beside the stone Buddha Foot monument at Yakushi Temple in Nara

noun:

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

noun:

• man who causes the weather to become sunny when he gets out ➜ 雨男

noun:

• woman who causes the weather to become sunny when she goes out ➜ 雨女

noun:

• container of fresh water for replenishing the kettle and rinsing bowls (tea ceremony)

noun:

• saomono; Japanese sweets in the form of long blocks (e.g. yokan, uiro) - abbreviation ➜ 棹物菓子

noun:

• alcohol or sake drunk during the meal (as opposed to aperitifs, digestifs, etc.)

noun:

• Tarui accent, used in the Kinki region and parts of Hokuriku

noun:

• Osteichthyes; class comprising the bony fishes (and sometimes their descendants, i.e. tetrapods)

noun / ~する noun:

• prostration; placing knees, hands and forehead on the ground to show utmost respect - Buddhism term

noun:

• person who administered religious rituals within the dazaifu jurisdiction (ritsuryo system) - archaism ➜ 大宰府【だざいふ】

noun:

• purifying salt (thrown in the sumo ring before a bout, after funerals, etc.) ➜ 清めの塩

noun:

• racketeering by interceding in civil disputes and threatening the use of violence - abbreviation ➜ 民事介入暴力