noun:

• short pillar standing between a beam and roof ridge

noun:

• a patient's condition; the state of an illness

noun:

• height from the ground to a building's eaves

noun:

• study or science of literature; a liberal arts department

noun:

• paper doll modeled after a kimono-clad woman (modelled)

noun:

• (the crime of) aiding and abetting a suicide

noun:

• a wise idea; polite reference to another's consideration

noun:

• barely miss (meeting someone, catching a train, etc.)

noun:

• feudal lord; head of a household; proudly independent person

noun:

• burn mark; grilled surface (e.g. on a steak)

noun:

• priest in charge of a temple's clerical duties

noun:

• janitor; caretaker; custodian; (slighting reference to a) handyman - obsolete term ➜ 用務員

noun:

• (being) slightly covetous; a little covetousness ➜ 大欲

noun:

• box maker
• man who carries a geisha's shamisen

noun:

• straw lid covering either end of a rice container

noun:

• reverse side of a paper
• reading between the lines - abbreviation ➜ 眼光紙背【がんこうしはい】

noun:

• a paddy moist all year due to improper irrigation

expression:

• anyone can make a mistake; even Homer sometimes nods - proverb

noun:

• wearing a hat pushed back on one's head

noun:

• party given in recognition of a person's services

expression:

• in a quarrel, both parties are to blame

noun:

• portable dais used to create a removable tokonoma ➜ 床の間

noun:

• first obon following the death of a family member

noun:

• spear carrier (for the master of a samurai family) - archaism

noun:

• rush mat with a floral or bulrush pattern