noun:

• ceremony honouring the spirits of ancestors (esp. the Bon festival) ➜ 魂祭り【たままつり】・盂蘭盆

noun:

• ginjo sake with no added alcohol ➜ 吟醸酒

adverb:

• along the north coast; along the northern sea shore

noun:

• the Lord's Prayer

noun:

• fried mochi covered in soy sauce and wrapped in nori - Food term ➜ 磯辺【いそべ】

noun:

• mochi soaked in water (to protect against mold); rice cakes preserved in water

noun:

• prostitution services in hotels - abbreviation - From English "hotel health" ➜ ホテルヘルス

noun:

• collection of short Heian period tales in the form of poems

noun:

• geisha living in the establishment

noun:

• the press; journalism; fourth estate

noun:

• spy working for the Edo shogunate; oniwaban

noun:

• the Tripitaka (complete Buddhist canon)

noun:

• the year before a critical age; the year before an inauspicious year ➜ 厄年

noun:

• around the neck; neck size (measurement)

noun:

• distance in a straight line

adjective:

• smelling of the sea; smelling of the seashore

noun / adjectival noun:

• being scattered in all directions; being broken up and dispersed - abbreviation ➜ 乱離骨灰

noun:

• window with a view of a Japanese mugwort thicket
• poor house; humble house; primitive house

noun / ~する noun:

• engage in ascetic practices with dauntless spirit - four character idiom

noun:

• ratio indicating the quantity of polished rice gained from a given quantity of brown rice (nowadays usually expressed as a percent)

expression / noun:

• master of the household

expression:

• curtly, in a displeased manner

noun:

• company name with the words "kabushiki kaisha" at the end ➜ 前株

noun:

• bitter orange juice, used in cooking as a vinegar - Food term ➜ ポン酢・ポンス・橙【だいだい】

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• reduction in friction; lubrication