noun:

• marguerite (Chrysanthemum frutescens) ［マーガレット］
• Japanese women's hairstyle comprised of a long braid tied up in a loop with a ribbon (ca. 1885)

noun:

• (rocky) seashore party; seashore festival ➜ 磯遊び
• celebration in honor of the dragon god by fishermen after a good haul

noun:

• deserted house; ruined house

noun / ~する noun:

• abolishing one's own family line in order to join another (under pre-1947 Japanese law); extinct family

noun:

• succession of words of similar meaning; redundancy (e.g. free gift); tautology ［じゅうごん］
• kanji compound in which the same character is repeated - e.g. 堂堂

noun / ~する noun:

• trot; half run; jog

noun:

• girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family

noun:

• number two
• second in command

ichidan verb:

• to blend; to mix thoroughly and evenly ➜ 馴染む
• to make fit in; to domesticate

noun:

• cheap literature; writing for amusement
• light literature popular in the late Edo period

~す verb (precursor to modern する) / intransitive verb:

• to close one's eyes; to sleep ➜ 瞑する
• to rest in peace ➜ 瞑する

noun:

• T; t

prefix:

• nth year in the Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25) ➜ 大正

interjection:

• heigh-hoh; heave-ho ➜ どっこい
• used as a meaningless word in a song for rhythm ➜ どっこい

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to freeze to; to be frozen to
• to freeze in place; to be still

noun:

• sliding - Baseball term
• being just in time

noun:

• bride
• one's daughter-in-law

noun:

• robe worn by military officials with a round collar, unstitched open sides, and no wrapped fabric along the bottom ➜ 闕腋の袍
• small opening in the side of traditional Japanese clothing (where the sleeve meets the bodice, below the armpit); clothing with such an opening (usu. worn by women or children) ➜ 八つ口

noun / ~する noun:

• land subsidence - four character idiom
• decline in influence

noun:

• was ［ワズ］
• was just in; just left; just did - esp. in Twitter - slang

noun:

• story (verbal) problem
• problem expressed in words - Mathematics term

noun:

• choir singing from music - From English "choral reading"
• reading aloud in a group

noun:

• room or pavilion of residence for the master of the house (Heian period palatial-style architecture) ➜ 寝殿造
• room where the emperor usually lives in the imperial palace

noun / ~の noun:

• fine crystal; clear glass

expression:

• mirror found in hell in Enma's chamber that allows people to see their good and bad deeds - abbreviation ➜ 浄玻璃の鏡

noun:

• charcoal made from thin branches
• charcoal sold in bulk (instead of in straw bags) ➜ 散【ばら】

noun:

• captured piece that can be reused - Shōgi term
• person or object held in reserve; available means

noun:

• turning over; flipping over
• reply; response
• marks written alongside characters in a classical Chinese text to indicate their ordering when read in Japanese ➜ 返り点
• lapel

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to throw something to each other; to pass something back and forth; to bandy something around
• to take part in a pitching duel - Baseball term