noun:

• Dioscorea tokoro (species of wild yam)
• old man living in the countryside ［やろう］

noun:

• bumpy texture of a material (esp. woven fabric) ➜ 烏帽子
• creases in an eboshi hat

noun:

• careful and thorough person
• older male in an homosexual relationship ［ねんじゃ］ ➜ 若衆【わかしゅ】

noun:

• musical instrument; music
• accompaniment instruments used in kabuki (excluding the shamisen)

noun:

• exact center of the Garbhadhatu mandala - obscure term
• platform upon which the fire is lit in a stone lantern

noun:

• kaki (Japanese persimmon) seed
• spicy baked or fried mochi chips in this shape

adverb:

• suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove) - onomatopoeia
• in a single gulp; in one go - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb:

• noisily; with loud footsteps - onomatopoeia
• in a crowd; incessantly; all together

noun:

• countryside dialect - Linguistics term
• sociolect or secret language used by prostitutes in red-light districts during the Edo period - Linguistics term

noun:

• cicadas that sing when autumn comes ➜ 秋蝉
• cicadas that sing even in autumn

expression / ichidan verb:

• to correct; to touch up; to smarten up
• to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

• stylish; smart; fashionable
• high collar ➜ ハイカラー
• hair dressed in a western style

~する noun:

• to dress in the latest Western fashion

noun:

• utility
• room with sink, washing machine, etc. in a house or apartment

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to be upset; to lose one's composure; to lose self-control; to go to pieces; to be shaken up; to break down; to be flustered; to blow one's cool

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to put in disorder; to mess up; to disturb; to scatter about

adverb / ~する noun:

• absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; lazily - onomatopoeia
• in a whisper ［ぼそっと・ボソッと・ボソっと］ - onomatopoeia

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